French 75

NY Times recipe from Robert Simonson who states, “Most people think nothing of popping a bottle of Champagne on New Year’s Eve. Yet after that first celebratory glass, few consider taking an extra step and using the wine as the foundation for a cocktail or two. ‘They’re bright and crisp and delicious,’ said Meaghan Dorman, a bartender at Raines Law Room in the Flatiron District. And ideal for New Year’s Eve. ‘They are usually low in spirit, so if I’m out having a few drinks, I would have French 75s. It’s wine and spirit, so I’d feel I wasn’t overdoing it on superstrong spirit drinks.’ She and her fellow bartender Lauren Davis call this judicious drinking tactic the Champagne Maintain. ‘It’s our theory on lasting all night and still staying a lady,’ Ms. Dorman said.”