CHRISTMAS CHAMPAGNE FOR UNDER £20 AND A REFRESHING RUSSIAN PUNCH RECIPE!

Save £4 per bottle on Reynier Brut, a great quality champagne without the price tag! Reynier is rich, full-bodied and elegant and is the perfect bubbly for Christmas celebrations. Or why not try Reynier Rosé, a gorgeous rosé champagne with soft, summer fruit flavours?

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After you have purchased your bargain Champagne why not try something different and mix yourself a Russian Spring Punch:


RUSSIAN SPRING PUNCH

2 shots Naked Chase Vodka

1/2 shot Chase Blackcurrant Liqueur

1 shot freshly squeezed lemon juice

1/4 shot Gomme Sirop

Top up with Reynier Brut Champagne

Shake first four ingredients with ice and strain into glass filled with crushed ice. Top up with Champagne, stir and serve with straws.

Adapted from Sauceguide to Cocktails Vol.4

Polish vodka fans will be delighted to know that we’ve just taken delivery of Poland’s top selling vodkas, Czysta de Luxe and Zoladkowa Gorzka. Czysta is a clear and extremely pure vodka, great for drinking as it is or as a base for cocktails, and Zoladkowa Gorzka is an aromatic digestif vodka, highly prized in Warsaw for its medicinal properties. Great Christmas gifts for anyone who appreciates the ‘real thing’!

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BRAND NEW CRESTA SWISS CHOCOLATE LIQUEUR AND FREE COCKTAIL GLASSES WITH RUSSIAN STANDARD AT WWW.DRINKON.COM

A gorgeous cream liqueur always goes down a treat at Christmas, and we’re delighted to introduce a brand new chocolate liqueur from Switzerland: CRESTA. Cresta, named after the famous bobsled run in St Moritz, is a heavenly blend of finest Swiss chocolate and smooth, fresh cream. As you would expect, it’s best served chilled, or over ice and is ideal for chocolatey cocktails.

Why not try a Tropical Chocolate Cocktail?2 cl Cresta Swiss chocolate Liqueur2 cl Grand Marnier2 cl Coconut Cream
Shake well in a shaker with some ice, then strain into a cocktail glass.
Garnish with Physalis

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The offer of the week has to be the FREE cocktail glasses we’re giving away with each bottle of Russian Standard Vodka. Russian Standard, which has been officially recognised as one of the coolest brands of 2009/10, is an authentic Russian vodka with an impeccable pedigree and is the number 1 vodka in its homeland. It sets the benchmark for Russian vodka and is perfect sipped neat or used in cocktails.

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NEW PORSCHE DESIGNED VEUVE CLICQUOT ICE CUBE AND AN ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS COCKTAIL AT WWW.DRINKON.COM

Take a look at our beautiful new Porsche designed Veuve Yellow Label Ice Cube with Flutes. It contains a 75cl bottle of Veuve Clicquot Yellow label, 4 Champagne Flutes and a cube to keep everything 'chilled'
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The cocktail of the week here at Drinkon is the Absolutely Fabulous, named after the iconic TV show we are sure that you will love it darling:

Absolutely Fabulous

1 shot Stolichnaya Vodka
2 Shots Cranberry Juice
Top up with Bollinger Champagne
Shake vodka and cranberry juice with ice and strain into glass, then top up with Champagne. Garnish with a strawberry on the rim of the glass. Created in 1999 at Monte's Club, London, and name named after the TV series where Patsy consumed copious amounts of Stoli ans Bolly, darling how could you fail to love this. (Taken from Sauceguides to Cocktails Vol.4)

NEW SOUTH AFRICAN WINES FOR UNDER £6 AT WWW.DRINKON.COM

South African wines are offering better value for money than ever in this country at the moment, and we’re delighted to introduce the new Still Bay range of wines fresh from the Western Cape. Imagine yourself enjoying a perfect African sunset or watching scores of whales resting in the protective bays around the beautiful Cape coastline, while you sample the vibrant fruit flavours of this range of 4 varietals – Chenin Blanc, Chardonnay, Merlot and Pinotage. These are great wines for all sorts of occasions and perfect for drinking now.
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New at Drinkon is Benromach 10 y.o. Single Malt, made at Speyside’s smallest distillery, just outside Forres. The Benromach distillery was virtually derelict in 1993, when it was rescued and restored by malt whisky specialists Gordon & Macphail and was officially re-opened by Prince Charles in 1998. Just two distillers create the whisky, using the finest Scottish barley and pure spring water from the Romach Hills. Patiently matured for at least 10 years in high quality casks, Benromach 10 yo has rich fruit, sweet chocolate and delicate spicy armas. With a rich sherry influence, the palate shows exotic fruit flavours and toasted malt with a hint of smoke. David and Michael Urquart, of Gordon & Macphail commented: ‘We think that Benromach 10 Years Old displays a big taste from a tiny distillery and we hiope that people will enjoy our whisky as much as we do – and share the secret of Benromach with fellow whisky-lovers’ If you’re looking for an early Christmas gift, here it is!
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FREE CHOCOLATES WITH TEQUILA ROSE AT WWW.DRINKON.COM

This week we have bags of scrumptious Tequila Rose chocolates to give away FREE with every bottle of your favourite Tequila Rose Liqueur. With the nights drawing in we at Drinkon think there is no better way to relax than with a Tequila Rose latte or hot chocolate and a bag of FREE chocolates. Tequila Rose Liqueur is very versatile and is the ideal ingredient in cocktails or simply served over ice. Hurry and get them before they are gone. **While stocks last**

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With Hallowe'en fast approaching thoughts are turning to fancy dress parties and spooky cocktails. We thought we would give you a couple of simple ideas to wow your friends with:

Black Cat

1 shot Vodka 666

1 shot De Kuyper Cherry Brandy

2 shots Cranberry Juice

2 shos Coke

Put all ingredients into Highball glass with ice and stir well

Black Shadow

1 shot De Kuyper Blue Curacao

0.5 shot De Kuyper Creme de Cassis

Top up with Lacombe Brut Grande Cuvee Champagne NV

Shake the first 2 ingredients in a cocktail shaker with Ice, pour into a flute glass and top up with Champagne.

WIN AN EXCLUSIVE BELVEDERE VODKA BLOODY MARY KIT AT WWW.DRINKON.COM

Enjoy the perfect Autumn cocktail in style, courtesy of Belvedere Vodka! Six lucky winners will each receive a very stylish Belvedere Bloody Mary Cocktail Kit, complete with wooden tray, juice carafe, brushed steel garnish holder and bar spoon – not forgetting the essential ingredient: a 70cl bottle of Belvedere Vodka!

Belvedere is a true luxury vodka, made in Poland, the home of vodka. It is distilled from Dankowskie Gold rye and pure water from the Polmos Zydardow distillery’s own artesian well, to create a vodka with real character and purity. It has a creamy texture and soft, clean finish – perfect for sipping on its own or making a truly outstanding Bloody Mary. For more information, visit www.drinkon.com

FREE DESIGNER BAG WITH NEW BELVEDERE IX AT WWW.DRINKON.COM

Snap up your FREE designer bag with Belvedere IX, a luxury spirit from Belvedere Vodka that blends 9 natural, individually distilled ingredients with Belvedere Vodka to create a new and unique taste. We are giving away a FREE JONATHAN KELSEY BAG with every vodka in the Belvedere range, while stocks last! Belvedere IX represents a breakthrough in vodka innovation in the sense that it uses a similar methodology to that of gin. Its higher strength (50% abv) allows for the ingredients and botanical to be held at a specific concentration, which makes the flavours more pronounced. The bottle design is funky, having been created by graffiti artist Andre Saraiva, and the drink can be enjoyed frozen and neat, in longs drinks with mixers such as grapefruit juice or tonic and it can also be mixed with Coke or Red, without losing the aromatic quality of the vodka. View Belvedere Vodka

Still on the trail of the unusual this week, we’re showcasing Fernet Branca, iconic Italian bitters that’s been made to a secret family recipe since 1845. The drink contains 27 herbs from around the world, including saffron, gentian root, camomile and myrrh and is matured in oak barrels for 12 months. It is complex and intense, with rich notes of bitterness and a delicately spicy finish. Although Fernet Branca is generally enjoyed as a digestif, served at room temperature, it can also be mixed really effectively in cocktails, particulary this one, which is pretty damn good:

DR ZEUS

1 shot Fernet Branca

20 raisins2 shots cognac

¼ shot Gomme syrup

1/8 shot Kahlua coffee liqueur

1 dash Fee Brothers Orange Bitters

Method: Pour Fernet Branca into an ice-filled Old-fashioned glass (short tumbler). Top with chilled mineral water and leave to stand. Separately muddle raisins in the base of a shaker, add other ingredients and shake with ice. Discard the contents of the glass and strain the contents of the shaker into the Fernet Branca coated glass. (from Diffordsguide to Cocktails #7)