Moulin Rouge #2
Francois Vera’s Moulin Rouge #2 counts on Suze to balance the sweetness of strawberries and vanilla.
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Read, No Reply
Dorothy Elizabeth marries the Last Word and Champagne in this dry, effervescent cocktail.
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Cardinal
Belonging to the ecclesiastic family of wine-based punches, the Champagne-based Cardinal cocktail was popular in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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Death in the Afternoon
The title of Hemingway’s 1932 novel Death in the Afternoon is both a direct reference to the gruesome finale of Spanish bullfights, and a more oblique one about his mediations…
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Daniel Krieger
French 75
Named after a French gun used in World War I—a not-so-subtle nod to the drink's lethalness—the Champagne cocktail was made famous at Harry’s New York Bar in Paris in the…
- story: Leslie Pariseau
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Black Velvet
Upon the death of Prince Albert, champagne did not seem an appropriate sympathy cocktail, so it can be surmised that a dark beer was somber enough to foil the celebratory…
- story: Leslie Pariseau
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Seelbach
The Seelbach Hotel's grand, saloon-style counter reportedly created this signature cocktail when a bartender used a Manhattan to catch the overflow from an uncorked Champagne bottle.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Ed Anderson
Champagne Cocktail
Swap whiskey for Champagne in the Old Fashioned template, and you’ll get this pedigreed cocktail, which was first mentioned in Jerry Thomas’s 1862 How to Mix Drinks.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
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Cricket Ball
Brad Thomas Parsons came across this understated aperitif at the Red Cat in Manhattan. So named because the drink’s hue matches the color of a traditional cricket ball.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Irish Cunt
To cure LCD Soundsystem member Nancy Whang's stage anxiety, frontman James Murphy would mix any combination of Jameson Irish whiskey and Champagne together to create this uncouth, pre-show cocktail.
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