One of the things I like about brunch—apart from being able to serve foods that straddle breakfast and lunch—is the opportunity to serve crisp, sparkling fruity cocktails such as the Mimosa. A Mimosa is a cocktail made of equal parts sparkling wine and chilled fruit juice, orange juice being the more traditional option.
A sparkling wine is a wine that has in a lot of fizz/bubbles. Champagne is a sparkling wine, and sparkling wines come in both alcoholic and non-alcoholic form. The non-alcoholic ones include the very familiar Martinelli’s Sparkling Cider, Welch’s and Chamdor among others. If serving Mimosas it is good to have both varieties (alcoholic and non-alcoholic). Sparkling wines can be sweet and dry, and given our penchant for sweet wines here in the Caribbean, have both sets so that your guests can choose which they prefer.
While the traditional Mimosa comprises of equal parts ingredients, I believe that to each his own; some
