Settling in at home with close friends or throwing a zero-alcohol formal dinner party with everyone you want to walk in to the New Year with? Either way, we know making it memorable is important for you. Need a hand? We are party crazy and always have just the right tips and recipes that will make your New Year Eve’s party rocking.
First things first. Set the tone. Fill the room with the soft glow of candles/bulbs, twinkle lights or a cozy fire. Demarcate common areas by making them welcome. Set up a play list and start streaming the music even before your guests arrive so that you are in the mood already.
Create a relaxing atmosphere by setting up a self-serve beverage station with all the right drinkware and your signature wine mocktails in addition to the 0.0% alcohol Halal red and white wines and champagnes. Trust us, the wine mocktails will rock the day, or night.
If you are thinking what makes 0.0% wine a great choice for New Year Eve’s party mocktail, here’s the run down. Wine has a very dynamic flavour profile. With a range that goes from dry and fruity to bright and savoury, wines make for incredible and versatile mocktails. The complexity of their notes, the presence of tannins that bring a wonderful texture to the drink and the ability of Halal wines to pair with different herbs, spices and citrus, make them a great choice for mocktails.
Want a hand whipping up some of those incredible wine mocktails? Here you go.
SUGAR KISS
Ingredients
3 oz. Vendôme Mademoiselle Chardonnay
1 oz. fresh-squeezed lime juice
1 oz. simple syrup
Bitters
Sugar
Directions
Sugar the rim of a chilled martini glass. In a cocktail shaker, combine 3 oz. Vendôme Mademoiselle Chardonnay, 1 oz. fresh-squeezed lime juice, 1 oz. simple syrup and 3 splashes of bitters. Shake and strain into the glass.
WINTER’S CHILL
Ingredients
1 bottle Lussory Premium Red Merlot
1 orange, cut into wedges, peel on
1 pear, cut into cubes, skins on
1/2 cup red grapes, halved
1/4 cup spiced apple cider
2 tablespoons sugar
Directions
Place cut fruit, cider, sugar and a few bottles Lussory Premium Red Merlot into a punch bowl. Cover and refrigerate at least 3 hours before serving.
HOT STUFF
Ingredients
1/2 ounce grenadine
1 1/2 ounces guava nectar
Vendôme Mademoiselle Sparkling Classic
1 jalapeno
Directions
Pour guava nectar into a champagne flute. Slowly pour in grenadine, so it settles at the bottom of the glass. Top with Vendôme Mademoiselle Sparkling Classic. Make a slice of a whole jalapeno, and sit it on the side of the glass.
BERRY BASIL MOJITO
Ingredients
1 strawberry, diced
3 fresh basil leaves, torn
1 ounce simple syrup*
1/4 ounce fresh lemon juice
4 ounces Lussory Premium White Chardonnay
Directions Muddle strawberries, basil and simple syrup in the bottom of a tall glass. Add ice. Fill with Lussory Premium White Chardonnay.