Simple wine cocktail with 'lava lamp' appeal: Recipe for lava lamp sparkling wine cocktail

This simple, attractive cocktail from Maria C. Hunt's "The Bubbly Bar" is called lava lamp because the bubbles in the wine make the pomegranate seeds rise and fall in the glass.

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LAVA LAMP

Start to finish: 5 minutes

Servings: 1

1 ounce Pama pomegranate liqueur or 3 tablespoons pomegranate juice

5 ounces brut sparkling wine

3 pomegranate seeds

Pour the pomegranate liqueur or juice into a fluted glass. Fill the glass with sparkling wine, then drop in the pomegranate seeds.

(Recipe from Maria C. Hunt's "The Bubbly Bar," Clarkson Potter, 2009)