Kir Spritzers Recipes

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• Put 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice and 1 tablespoon gin in each glass. Add ice and a few lemon slices. Fill the glasses halfway with white wine, then top with seltzer. Gently stir.

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• Make the simple syrup: Bring the sugar and 1/3 cup water to a simmer in a small saucepan, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Remove from the heat and let cool completely, about 20 minutes.
• Combine the white wine, grapefruit juice, Campari and simple syrup in a pitcher and refrigerate until ready to serve. Pour into ice-filled glasses and top with the seltzer. Garnish with raspberries and grapefruit.

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• Pour Cassis into a chilled wine glass and top with wine. Garnish with a lemon twist, if desired.

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• For each drink, fill a tall tapered glass 3/4 full with ice. Pour in about 1 ounce creme de cassis and about 2 ounces of wine, then fill the glass with lemon-lime soda. Stir to blend, then drink.

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• In a wine glass, combine the cassis and wine. Serve immediately.

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• Combine 1 1/2 cups gin, 1/3 cup lime cordial (such as rose's), 2 tablespoons lime juice and 1 thinly sliced persian cucumber in a small pitcher. Divide among 6 ice-filled glasses; top with ginger ale and add lime slices.

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• Bring the agave, water and two sprigs of thyme to a simmer in a saucepan. Cook and stir occasionally, until water and agave form a light syrup. Remove from heat and set aside to let thyme flavor steep; cool completely. Divide thyme syrup and unsweetened cranberry juice among 4 to 6 ice-filled glasses. Top with chilled seltzer to taste, and garnish with fresh flowering thyme.