Red, White, and Sparkling

Time: about 3 minutes

Yield: Makes 1 drink

Ingredients

• 3  ounces  (6 tbsp.) chilled Pinot Grigio or Pinot Gris
• 1  tablespoon  Simple Syrup
• 1  tablespoon  fresh lemon juice
• Ice
• 2  tablespoons  Clear Creek cassis liqueur* or Chambord
• About 2 tbsp. blanc de noirs sparkling wine

Preparation

Pour Pinot Grigio, simple syrup, and lemon juice into a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake just until chilled, about 5 seconds, then pour into a chilled martini glass. Carefully pour liqueur down 1 side of the glass and let it settle at the bottom. Gently pour the sparkling wine on top and serve immediately.

*Find Portland distillery Clear Creek's products at clearcreekdistillery.com

Bar snack: Manchego cheese and roasted piquillo or other red peppers on crackers.