Clinq Zero
Sparkling Blanc
Keep by the bottles
Six ways
to pour it.
Every recipe makes one glass. The base is dry with no sugar of its own, so you decide how sweet the drink gets. The first one is ours.
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The mimosa's drier Sicilian cousin. Nothing added that the label would not like.
You need
- 5 oz Sparkling Blanc, as cold as it gets
- 1 oz blood orange juice, fresh
- A sprig of rosemary
- A wide strip of orange peel
Pour
Clap the rosemary once between your hands and drop it into a chilled wine glass. Blood orange juice. Then the wine, slowly down the side. Twist the orange peel over the top so the oil sits on the surface, and drop it in. No ice, no stirring, no sugar. Out of blood orange season, use regular orange with a squeeze of lemon. Five to one is far drier than a mimosa, so it drinks like a wine rather than a juice.
The mimosa
Brunch, showers, Sunday. The drink most people buy prosecco for.
You need
- 4 oz Sparkling Blanc, very cold
- 2 oz fresh orange juice, cold
- A flute or a wine glass
Pour
Juice first, then the wine slowly down the side of the glass. No ice, no stirring. Two parts wine to one part juice is the classic. Go 1 to 1 if the table likes it sweeter.
The Bellini
The Venice classic. Peach, not orange, and a little richer.
You need
- 4 oz Sparkling Blanc, very cold
- 1.5 oz white peach purée
Pour
Purée in the glass first. Add the wine slowly, then one gentle stir from the bottom. Serve at once, the purée settles. Blend a ripe peach, or use a good unsweetened purée.
The spritz
Aperitivo hour. The bitter orange drink of every Italian terrace.
You need
- 3 oz Sparkling Blanc
- 2 oz non-alcoholic bitter aperitivo
- 1 oz sparkling water
- Ice, an orange slice, a big wine glass
Pour
Fill the glass with ice. Wine, then the aperitivo, then the splash of water. Orange slice on top. The sugar in a spritz comes from the aperitivo, so read that label too. Pick one with a short one.
The French 75
Without the gin. It was always about the lemon and the sparkle.
You need
- 0.75 oz fresh lemon juice
- 0.5 oz simple syrup
- 3 to 4 oz Sparkling Blanc, very cold
- A lemon twist
Pour
Lemon juice and syrup in the glass, stir once. Top with the wine. Twist the peel over the top and drop it in. Want it drier? Halve the syrup.
The Hugo
Elderflower, mint and lime. The summer spritz of the Alps.
You need
- 4 oz Sparkling Blanc
- 0.75 oz elderflower cordial
- 1 oz sparkling water
- Ice, a lime wedge, a few mint leaves
Pour
Clap the mint between your hands and drop it in the glass with the ice. Cordial, wine, sparkling water. Squeeze the lime in and drop the wedge.
On its own
Which is the reason the other six work.
You need
- 5 oz Sparkling Blanc, as cold as you can get it
- The same glass you use for prosecco
Pour
A real cork, a real pour, the sound. Dry and mouthwatering. A base that tastes good alone tastes good with juice in it. About 5 glasses a bottle on its own, about 7 mimosas.
The bottle behind all seven
Clinq Zero Sparkling Blanc
Two ingredients: wine and bubbles. California Pinot Grigio with the alcohol filtered out cold, never heated, so nothing has to be added back. 0g sugar, 10 calories a glass, under 0.5% alcohol.
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