Pomegranate Cocktail With Sparkling Wine

This recipe was featured in a magazine spread about the Canadian designer Sarah Richardson, it is apparently one of her favorite drinks to serve. We made it for New Years last night and it will not be the last time this drink runs accross our flutes

• Ready In: 2 mins
• Serves: 8
• Yields: 8 drinks

Ingredients

• 16  ounces pomegranate juice, 2 oz per flute (make sure you use real 100% pomegranate juice)
• 8  ounces Cointreau liqueur, 1 oz per flute
• 1  orange, strips of zest
• 750  ml  sparkling wine (one bottle) or 750  ml  champagne (one bottle)
•  pomegranate seeds

Directions

1. Place zest in champagne flutes.
2. Add pomegranate juice and Cointreau.
3. Fill glasses with sparking wine or champagne.
4. Garnish with pomegranate seeds.