Make your own sparkling cocktail

We all long for days we can while away sipping sparkling cocktails on the balcony (or more realistically, the living room floor). Use these recipes to make your own cocktails. Just buy some Chandon Brut—resist the urge to drink it straight from the bottle—and you're one step closer to The Dream.

The elderflower spritzer

Ingredients:

Chandon Brut 150ml
Elderflower Cordial 15ml
Three orange slices (halved)
Three cucumber slices (with skin)

Method: Add 4-5 cubes of ice into the glass. Add the elderflower cordial and a splash of Chandon Brut. Stir well for about half-a-minute. Add two more ice cubes and add the cucumber and orange slices.  Top up with Chandon Brut and stir for one final time.

Garnish: With the cucumber and orange in glass serves as the garnish.

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Chandon lémon

Ingredients:
Chandon Brut 125ml
Monin Vanilla 15ml  
Lime juice 10ml    
Ice

Method: Add the vanilla syrup and lime juice over ice in a shaker. Shake well and strain into the chilled flute. Top with chilled Chandon Brut.

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Chandon passion

Ingredients:
Chandon Brut 150ml
Monin Passion Fruit Syrup 15ml
Fresh Orange Juice 25ml
Ice

Method: Add the orange juice and passion fruit syrup over ice in a shaker. Shake well and strain into the chilled goblet with three cubes of fresh ice. Top with chilled Chandon Brut.

Garnish: One slice of lemon in the glass

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Lavender fields

Ingredients:
Chandon Brut 125ml
Monin Lavender 12.5ml

Method: Pour the lavender syrup into the glass. Add a splash of Chandon Brut and stir gently and then top up with more chilled Brut.

Garnish: Orchid floret perched on the rim.

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