Sparkling Pomegranate Punch

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Serving size:8
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Sparkling Pomegranate Punch

This bubbly, sweet-tart cocktail combines sparkling wine, dessert wine and deep-red pomegranate juice.

Ingredients

  • 3 tbsp sugar
  • 1 cup pomegranate juice
  • 2 750-milliliter bottles sparkling wine, chilled
  • 3/4 cup late-harvest white wine, such as late-harvest Riesling chilled
  • 2 oranges, thinly sliced crosswise
  • 1 cup diced fresh pineapple, 1/2 inch
  • 1/4 cup pomegranate seed
  • ice cube

Directions

1. In a punch bowl, dissolve the sugar in the pomegranate juice, stirring vigorously. Add the sparkling wine and late-harvest white wine, then add the orange slices, diced pineapple and pomegranate seeds. Serve the sparkling pomegranate punch over ice cubes.