45 Delicious Cocktails To Spice Up Any Party

Whether you’re hosting a cozy home gathering or an extravagant summer party - the perfect cocktail can add more festivity to any occasion! 

Besides, there’s a cocktail for every season and event you can imagine.

To help you find the best cocktail for your next happy hour, we’ll be covering 45 delicious cocktails that’ll definitely raise your spirits.

24 Wine Cocktails

Here are 24 wine cocktails you should definitely try out at your next celebratory event:

• Bicyclette Cocktail
• Red Sangria
• Rose Sangria
• White Sangria
• Frose
• Spiced Apple Snaps Fizz
• Cassis Spritz
• New York Sour
• Red Wine Spritzer
• Frozen Sangria
• Mimosa
• Aperol Spritz
• Manhattan
• French 75
• Berry Wine Slushy
• French Pear Martini
• Sherry Cobbler
• The Strawberry Muddle
• Bellini
• Rose Cooler Cocktail
• Appellation Cooler
• Sonoma
• Classic Kir Cocktail
• Negroni

1. Bicyclette Cocktail

This is a refreshing white wine cocktail that'll make you feel like you’re in Tuscany. Try it with a dry white wine like Santa Margherita Pinot Grigio Valdadige.

Ingredients:

• 100ml Campari
• Ice cubes
• 200ml dry white wine
• Lemon slice (optional)

Divide the Campari between two wine glasses, add ice cubes, and top with dry white wine. Add lemon wedges and stir. 

2. Red Sangria

Originating from Spain, the red sangria is jam-packed with delicious fruit flavors. The Grateful Palate Southern Belle Red is the perfect Spanish wine for this one.

Ingredients:

• Red wine
• Chopped fresh fruit
• Brandy
• Orange juice

Place the chopped fruit into a large pitcher. Add the red wine, brandy, and orange juice. Stir and leave the pitcher in the fridge overnight.

3. Rose Sangria

The Rose sangria is a fantastic summer drink with mild fruity flavors and a soft pink hue. Bodegas Muga Rosado is an excellent choice for this sangria.

Ingredients:

• Chopped fresh fruit
• Sugar
• Lemon
• Rose wine
• Brandy
• Mint

Mix the fresh fruit with the sugar and let it soak for 20 minutes. Add the Rose, brandy, and lemon to the mixture and refrigerate for 1–4 hours. Add mint garnish. 

4. White Sangria

The white sangria is a delicious summer cocktail bursting with fresh fruit flavors. The Mirassou Pinot Grigio has luscious peach notes that go excellently with this drink. 

Ingredients:

• Brandy
• Peach schnapps
• White wine
• Chopped fresh fruit
• Club soda or Prosecco (optional)

Place the chopped fruit into a large pitcher with brandy, peach schnapps, and white wine. Stir and leave to chill in the refrigerator for about 4 hours.

5. Frose

If you’re a fan of Rose wine and slushies, then this one’s for you. The full-bodied

Mulderbosch Cabernet Sauvignon Rose is perfect for this cocktail.

Ingredients:

• Dry Rose wine
• Frozen whole strawberries
• Sugar
• Ice

Add the Rose wine and frozen strawberries to a blender and blend until smooth. Remove the strawberry seeds and blend the strained mixture with ice cubes. 

6. Spiced Apple Snaps Fizz

This cocktail tastes like fizzy apple tea and is the perfect cozy cocktail for the fall season. Try this cocktail recipe with the refreshing Da Luca Prosecco.

Ingredients:

• Cloudy apple juice
• Ground cinnamon
• Apples
• Lemon juice
• Aquavit
• Sparkling wine

Pour the aquavit into a cocktail shaker. Next, add lemon juice, apple juice, cinnamon, and ice cubes and shake well. Top with sparkling wine, apple slices, and some cinnamon.

7. Cassis Spritz

This fruity yet tangy Prosecco cocktail is low in alcohol and has refreshing dark berry flavors. Try it with the timeless Sacchetto 'Fili' Prosecco Extra Dry.

Ingredients:

• Dry Prosecco
• Blackcurrant liqueur
• Club soda
• Blackberries

Pour Prosecco into an ice-filled large wine glass. Add the liqueur and some club soda. Stir gently and garnish with blackberries.

8. New York Sour

The addition of red wine sets this cocktail apart from the world-renowned Whiskey Sour. Try it with the Casa Montes Ampakama Malbec.

Ingredients:

• Whiskey
• Lemon juice 
• Simple syrup
• Red wine

Add the whiskey, lemon juice, simple syrup into a shaker with ice and shake until well-chilled. Pour the mixture into a glass with ice and add the red wine.

9. Red Wine Spritzer

This refreshing cocktail is super easy to make and isn't too high in alcohol or overly sweet. An aromatic Louis Jadot Bourgogne Pinot Noir is an excellent choice for this one. 

Ingredients:

• Red wine
• Soda water
• Orange slice

Pour the chilled red wine into a glass and add an equal amount of soda water. Stir gently and add an orange slice for garnish.

10. Frozen Sangria

If you’re a fan of wine-forward, citrusy cocktails, then this one’s perfect for you. The 

2018 Bodegas Ponce La Xara Garnacha is a fantastic Spanish red wine you can try with this. 

Ingredients:

• Frozen mixed berries
• Peeled orange
• Dry red wine
• Brandy
• Lime juice
• Honey
• Ice

Blend all the ingredients until smooth. Add some ice and serve.

11. Mimosa

The Mimosa is a healthy and light Champagne cocktail - perfect for a relaxing summer brunch. Try it with the Codorniu 'Anna' Blanc de Blancs Brut Cava.

Ingredients:

• Sparkling wine
• Orange juice

Pour the sparkling wine into a glass and top with orange juice.

12. Aperol Spritz

Glistening orange in color, the Aperol Spritz is a low-alcohol cocktail that’s perfect for the poolside. In fact, the New York Times said that Aperol Spritz was the drink of summer 2018. Try it out with the refreshing Bisol Crede Brut.

Ingredients:

• Aperol
• Prosecco
• Club soda
• Slice of fresh orange

Pour the Aperol, Prosecco, and club soda into an ice-filled wine glass. Add the orange slice.

13. Manhattan

Created in 1894 by a bartender in New York City, this cocktail boasts a subtle bitterness and herbal undertones. The Emilio Lustau Vermut Rojo is a fantastic choice for this cocktail. 

Ingredients:

• Rye whiskey
• Sweet vermouth
• Angostura bitters
• Orange bitters
• Brandied cherry garnish

Add the whiskey, sweet vermouth, and bitters to an ice-filled glass and stir. Strain and pour into a coupe glass. Add garnish.

14. French 75

The French 75 became popular after World War I. This drink contains a potent blend of gin, Champagne, and lemon. Try it with the G.H. Mumm Cordon Rouge Brut.

Ingredients:

• Gin
• Lemon juice
• Simple syrup
• Champagne
• Lemon twist garnish

Add the gin, lemon juice, and syrup to a shaker with ice and shake until chilled. Strain into a Champagne flute and top with Champagne. Add garnish.

15. Berry Wine Slushy

Celebrate summer with this frosty drink bursting with delicious berry flavors. Give it a go with a dry Rose like the Chateau Miraval Cotes de Provence Rose.

Ingredients:

• Frozen berries
• Choose: Chardonnay, Moscato, Riesling, Prosecco, or Rose

Place the frozen berries and wine in a blender and blend until smooth. Add ice and blend until slushy. 

16. French Pear Martini

This is a sweet and floral-tasting martini that’s perfect for New Year’s Eve. Try it with the delicious Jacquart Mosaique Brut.

Ingredients:

• St. Germain 
• Pear vodka
• Champagne
• Granulated sugar
• Sliced lemon and pear garnish

Pour the elderflower liqueur and vodka into a cocktail shaker filled with ice and shake until chilled. Strain into a martini glass, add Champagne and garnish. 

17. Sherry Cobbler

This is an American-born dessert cocktail with refreshing fruity flavors. The Emilio Lustau Los Arcos Solera Reserva Dry Amontillado Sherry is perfect for this drink.

Ingredients:

• Orange wheel
• Lemon wheel
• Simple syrup
• Sherry
• Mint sprigs and a raspberry 

Muddle the oranges and sugar in a mixing glass. Add the sherry and ice and shake. Strain into an ice-filled Collins glass. Garnish with mint sprigs and a raspberry. 

18. The Strawberry Muddle

When you're in the mood for a fruit-forward cocktail, this strawberry-infused Prosecco cocktail should be your go-to. Try it with the spritzy Ca' di Rajo 'Epsilon Gold' Prosecco di Treviso Sweet.

Ingredients:

• Sugar
• Water and ice
• Chopped strawberries
• Lemon slices
• Prosecco

Stir sugar and water over low heat until sugar dissolves. Bring the syrup to a boil, add the strawberries and syrup to the glass, and muddle. Add lemon slices and mash and top with ice and Prosecco. 

19. Bellini

Bellinis are perfect for brunch or soaking up a lazy summer weekend. Try it with the La Marca Prosecco.

Ingredients:

• Peaches
• Prosecco

Make a peach puree and place it in the refrigerator for 30 minutes. Pour the puree into a Champagne flute and top with Prosecco. 

20. Rose Cooler 

This is a gin cocktail with a splash of dry Rose wine. You can balance the drink’s fruitiness with the Randolph O'Neill Vineyard Dry Rose.

Ingredients:

• Gin
• Rose wine
• Apple juice
• Merlet cassis  
• lemon juice
• Wild elderflower spritz

Put the first five ingredients into an ice-filled glass and stir. Top with elderflower spritz.

21. Appellation Cooler

This cocktail is similar to the white sangria and has a refreshing cucumber aroma and apricot notes. Try it with a clean, dry white wine like the Sauvion Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine.

Ingredients:

• Muscadet wine
• Cocchi Americano
• Basil vermouth
• Apricot liqueur
• Dry sparkling wine
• Cucumber slices

Pour the wine, Americano, vermouth, and apricot liqueur in an ice-filled pitcher. Stir in the sparkling wine and garnish with cucumber slices.

22. Sonoma

This is a Chardonnay-based cocktail with refreshing stone fruit flavors and sour notes. The Mer Soleil Silver Unoaked Chardonnay is an excellent choice for this drink. 

Ingredients: 

• Unoaked Chardonnay
• Calvados
• Honey syrup
• Verjus
• Lemon twist and thyme sprig

Pour the first four ingredients into an ice-filled mixing glass and stir. Garnish the drink with the lemon twist and thyme sprig. 

23. Classic Kir Cocktail

The Kir cocktail is made with Aligote wine, world-renowned for its minerality, acidity, and citrus flavors. Try it with the Domaine Pierre Morey Bourgogne Aligoté.

Ingredients:

• Aligoté wine
• Crème de cassis

Pour the wine and crème de cassis into a wine glass with a large ice cube and stir.

24. Negroni

The Negroni cocktail is perfect for cocktail lovers who enjoy bitter flavors and a splash of vermouth sweetness. The Carpano 'Antica Formula 1786' is a fantastic sweet wine for this cocktail. 

Ingredients:

• Gin 
• Campari
• Sweet vermouth
• Orange peel

Add the first three ingredients to an ice-filled mixing glass and stir. Strain into a glass with fresh ice and garnish with the orange peel.

8 Whiskey Cocktails

Here are eight easy-to-make whiskey cocktails:

• Whiskey Sour
• Irish Coffee
• Lynchburg Lemonade
• Sazerac
• Whiskey Sidecar
• Old Fashioneds
• Mint Julep
• Bourbon-Peach Iced Tea

1. Whiskey Sour

The Whiskey Sour is a classic cocktail that strikes the perfect balance between sweet and sour.

Ingredients:

• Bourbon
• Lemon juice
• Simple syrup
• Angostura bitters

Add bourbon, lemon juice, and simple syrup to a shaker and shake. Add ice and shake again. Strain into a coupe glass. Garnish with the bitters.

2. Irish Coffee

Irish Coffee is an excellent alcoholic beverage that you can drink during a cold night, camping trip, or barbeque. 

Ingredients:

• Hot coffee
• Sugar
• Irish whiskey
• Whipped cream

Pour hot coffee into a glass and add the brown sugar. Add the Irish whiskey and top with the cream.

3. Lynchburg Lemonade 

Named after the hometown of the Jack Daniel Distillery, this cocktail strikes a perfect balance between sweet and spicy.

Ingredients: 

• Jack Daniel whiskey
• Triple sec
• Lemon juice
• Lemon-lime soda
• Lemon slices

Pour the whiskey, triple sec, and lemon juice into an ice-filled Collins glass. Stir and garnish with lemon slices.

4. Sazerac

Invented in New Orleans, the Sazerac is a whiskey-forward drink with sweet notes. 

Ingredients:

• Sugar cube
• Peychaud's Bitters
• Rye whiskey
• Absinthe
• Lemon twist

Soak the sugar cube with the bitters, muddle the cube in the glass, add whiskey, and stir. Pour the whiskey mixture into an absinthe-rinsed glass. Squeeze the lemon twist over the drink. 

5. Whiskey Sidecar 

This cocktail is a fantastic introduction to the world of well-balanced sour drinks.

Ingredients:

• Sugar
• Lemon wedge
• Bourbon whiskey (Or substitute with cognac)
• Orange liqueur
• Lemon juice

Run a sugar-dipped lemon wedge around the rim of a glass and combine whiskey, orange liqueur, and lemon juice in a cocktail shaker. Add ice and shake. Strain the drink into a prepared glass.

6. Old Fashioned

The Old Fashioned is an incredibly balanced whiskey cocktail that can be enjoyed all year round. 

Ingredients:

• Bourbon
• Simple syrup
• Angostura bitters
• Orange peel 

Add simple syrup and bitters to an ice-filled glass. Add bourbon and stir to chill and dilute. Garnish with orange peel.

7. Mint Julep

The Mint Julep is the signature drink of the Kentucky Derby (a horse race held in the United States). But this cocktail’s refreshing minty flavors shouldn’t be reserved for one event only!

Ingredients:

• Mint leaves
• Simple syrup
• Bourbon (Or substitute with Mezcal)
• Mint sprig
• Crushed ice

Mix the mint leaves and simple syrup in a rock glass and top with bourbon and ice. Stir and add more crushed ice. Garnish with mint sprig.

8. Bourbon-Peach Iced Tea

This peach cocktail is perfect for porch parties and can be enjoyed with a tray of cookies – the epitome of Southern living. 

Ingredients:

• Chopped peaches
• Granulated sugar
• Teabags
• Bourbon
• Peach slices

Bring chopped peaches, sugar, and a cup of water to a boil in a saucepan. Reduce to low heat and process in a blender. 

Boil three cups of water with the tea bags. Discard the tea bags and remove the tea from the heat. Stir the tea, bourbon, and some cold water into the peach mixture. Garnish with peach slices.

5 Vodka Cocktails

Here are five vodka-based cocktails that will definitely hit the spot anytime and in any season.

• White Russian
• Moscow Mule
• Bloody Mary
• Espresso Martini
• Cosmopolitan

1. White Russian

The White Russian is a rich and satisfying after-dinner drink made with vodka, coffee liqueur, and light cream.

Ingredients:

• Vodka
• Coffee liqueur
• Cream or milk

Pour the first two ingredients into a glass. Add ice and some heavy cream and stir gently. 

2. Moscow Mule

The Moscow Mule is a bubbly and tangy cocktail perfect for parties and a casual evening barbeque. 

Ingredients:

• Vodka
• Ginger beer
• Fresh lime juice

Pour the vodka, ginger beer, and lime juice into a copper mug (to keep it cool). Add ice cubes and garnish with lime. 

3. Bloody Mary

Created in the mid-1930s by a bartender in New York, the Bloody Mary is a world-renowned spicy vodka cocktail. 

Ingredients:

• Tomato juice
• Prepared hot horseradish
• Worcestershire sauce
• Celery salt
• Garlic salt
• Tabasco Sauce
• Black pepper and kosher salt
• Vodka 

Prepare the Bloody Mary mix and rim the glasses with a mixture of celery salt and kosher salt. Fill the glass with ice and vodka and top with the mixture. Garnish with your favorite snacks. 

4. Espresso Martini

If you’re looking for a pick-me-up post-dinner drink, the Espresso Martini is a perfect choice. 

Ingredients:

• Vodka
• Coffee liqueur
• Espresso
• Simple syrup
• Coffee beans

Add vodka, coffee liqueur, espresso, and simple syrup to an ice-filled shaker and shake until well-chilled. Strain and garnish with coffee beans.

5. Cosmopolitan

The Cosmo is another classic cocktail with a bouquet of fruity flavors and a hint of tangy lime. 

Ingredients:

• Vodka
• Cointreau
• Lime juice
• Cranberry juice
• Lime wedge

Add the vodka, Cointreau, lime juice, and cranberry juice into an ice-filled shaker and shake. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass and garnish with a lime wedge.

4 Rum Cocktails

Let’s take a look at some rum cocktails that should definitely be at your next beach party:

• Mai Tai
• Strawberry Daiquiri
• Mojito 
• Hurricane

1. Mai Tai

This Tiki cocktail has rich exotic flavor notes and nutty aftertaste. 

Ingredients:

• Aged rum 
• Orange liqueur
• Fresh lime juice
• Orgeat syrup
• Dark rum

Place the first four ingredients in a cocktail shaker, add ice, and shake. Top with dark rum. Strain into a glass and garnish with mint and fruit. 

2. Strawberry Daiquiri

This strawberry-laced Daiquiri is perfect for poolside sipping on a hot summer's day. 

• Rum
• Strawberries
• Frozen strawberries
• Lime juice
• Sliced lime

Add rum, fresh and frozen strawberries, and lime juice to a blender and blend until smooth. Pour into a glass and garnish with lime slices and strawberries.

3. Mojito 

This cocktail recipe from Cuba is just what you need when you're craving a delicious minty drink. 

Ingredients:

• Mint
• White rum
• Lime juice
• Simple syrup
• Club soda

Muddle the mint and add the white rum, lime juice, simple syrup, and ice to the cocktail shaker, and shake. Strain into a glass and add the soda water. Garnish with lime slices and mint sprigs.

4. Hurricane 

The Hurricane is a fruit-forward rum-based cocktail invented in the early 1940s in New Orleans.

Ingredients:

• Light and dark rum
• Lime juice
• Orange juice
• Passion fruit puree
• Simple syrup
• Grenadine
• Orange half-wheel 
• Maraschino cherry

Add the first six ingredients into an ice-filled shaker and shake until well-chilled. Strain into a large glass over ice. Garnish with an orange half-wheel and a Maraschino cherry.

4 Other Popular Cocktails

Here are four other signature mixed drinks you should definitely try out:

• Tom Collins
• Pisco Sour
• Long Island Iced Tea
• Paloma

1. Tom Collins

The Tom Collins is a fizzy and refreshing alcoholic lemonade with delicious citrus fruit notes like the Gin Fizz cocktail.

Ingredients:

• Gin
• Lemon Juice
• Simple Syrup
• Club soda
• Lemon Wheel

Add the gin, lemon juice, and simple syrup to an ice-filled glass. Top with club soda and stir. Garnish with a lemon wheel.

2. Pisco Sour

Pisco (a brandy grape) is a key ingredient in this sweet-and-sour summer sipper. Cocktail lovers can dabble with different piscos to find one that suits their taste. 

Ingredients:

• Pisco
• Lime juice
• Simple syrup
• Egg white
• Angostura bitters

Put the Pisco, lime juice, syrup, and egg white into a shaker without ice. Add ice and shake again. Strain the mixture into a chilled cocktail glass and garnish with Angostura bitters. 

3. Long Island Iced Tea

If you’re a fan of boozy drinks, then this one’s for you. The Long Island Iced Tea cocktail is bright and citrusy with caramel cola notes. 

Ingredients:

• Vodka
• Rum
• Gin 
• Tequila
• Triple sec
• Sweet and sour mix
• Cola
• Lemon slice

Pour the first six ingredients into a shaker and shake. Pour mixture into a glass and top with cola. Garnish with a lemon slice.

4. Paloma

This thirst-quenching tipple is similar to the Margarita and combines tequila, lime juice, and grapefruit juice. 

Ingredients:

• Tequila
• Grapefruit juice
• Sparkling water
• Lime juice
• Simple syrup
• Salt

Rub the grapefruit wedge along the rim of your glass and dip it in a small plate of salt. Add fresh ice and add the grapefruit wedge garnish.

Stir Up Some Excitement With These Delicious Cocktails

There you have it – 45 cocktail recipes that’ll ensure your next summer party, extravagant dinner, or casual barbeque are an absolute blast. 

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