Red Cocktails

By Food & Wine
Updated January 10, 2017
Delicious crimson-colored cocktails, including a zen sangria and a blackberry-mint margarita.
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Gin-Campari Old-Fashioned

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Dave Kwiatkowski of The Sugar House creates this variation on an old-fashioned by swapping gin for the whiskey. A splash of Campari adds bitterness and a rosy color.

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Sour-Cherry Gin Slings

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Like Paul Virant, Mike Page and pastry chef Todd Feitl think hyper-seasonally. They based this sweet-tart concoction on the classic Singapore sling, replacing the traditional cherry brandy with an intensely vibrant homemade sour-cherry syrup. With a squirt of sparkling water, the syrup also makes a great base for kid-friendly cherry soda.

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Sherry Cocktail

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Mexican-born mixologist Junior Merino balances flavors like a chef, creating classically inspired, invariably pretty drinks, such as this sherry-spiked riff on a brandy sour.

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Rosé Sangria with Cranberries and Apples

Credit: Petrina Tinslay
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This strong but not overly sweet sangria is nicely spiced with cinnamon, anise and cloves and it has just enough crushed red pepper to give it a tiny kick.

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The Red and the Black

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A clever black pepper-infused simple syrup makes this strawberry-and-tequila cocktail taste more sophisticated than most fruity drinks.

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Batida Rosa

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When a Brazilian soccer team stopped in to El Vaquero for caipirinhas one night, bartender Jeffrey Morgenthaler came up with this drink to tempt them away from his declining supply of limes.

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Rhum Swizzle

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A swizzle is an icy drink named for the tool used to mix it, traditionally fashioned out of a woody stem. The base for this swizzle is rhum agricole, made from fresh cane juice in the French-speaking Caribbean islands.

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Sour Cherry-Yuzu Bellinis

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This effervescent sour-cherry cocktail gets a pleasant citrus kick from yuzu juice (from the bumpy-skinned Japanese citrus fruit).

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Zen Sangria

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Kerry Simon's Asian-style sangria combines Sauvignon Blanc with green tea-flavored vodka, but it can be made with plain or citrus vodka as well.

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Blackberry & Cabernet Caipirinha

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This punch-like take on the caipirinha blends Cabernet with a good amount of spicy Syrah.

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Blackberry-Mint Margarita

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Muddled blackberries give this refreshing version of a margarita its beautiful purple-red hue.

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