Are you having an Oscars party this year? If so, naturally, you will need some libations for your guests. Might we suggest this fabulous Churchill Champagne Cocktail recipe from Cocktail Chameleon Author and Entertaining Expert Mark Addison, in honor of Best Picture nominee, Darkest Hour.
The Churchill Champagne Cocktail Variation
1 oz. Scotch whisky [Churchill preferred Johnnie Walker]
1/2 oz. lime juice
1/2 oz. sweet vermouth
1/2 oz. Cointreau
2 oz. champagneGarnish: lemon peel
Glassware: Tiffany & Co. Vintage Coupe Glass
Shake ingredients together with ice, and strain into a chilled cocktail glass or coupe and top with chilled champagne. Garnish with the lemon peel.
*This recipe was created by television personality and entertaining expert Mark Addison, author of Cocktail Chameleon.
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During the early days of World War II, with the fall of France imminent, Britain faces its darkest hour as the threat of invasion looms. As the seemingly unstoppable Nazi forces advance, and with the Allied army cornered on the beaches of Dunkirk, the fate of Western Europe hangs on the leadership of the newly-appointed British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (Academy Award nominee Gary Oldman). While maneuvering his political rivals, he must confront the ultimate choice: negotiate with Hitler and save the British people at a terrible cost or rally the nation and fight on against incredible odds. Directed by Joe Wright, DARKEST HOUR is the dramatic and inspiring story of four weeks in 1940 during which Churchill’s courage to lead changed the course of world history.
Darkest Hour is directed by Joe Wright (“Atonement,” “Hanna,” “Pride & Prejudice,” “Anna Karenina”), written by Anthony McCarten (“The Theory of Everything”) and stars Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lily James, Stephen Dillane, Ronald Pickup, and Ben Mendelsohn.
