Alcoholic Party Sips: 25 Fruity Drinks

Passion fruit mojito mix and white rum make a casual cocktail your guests will enjoy.

Recipe: Passion Fruit Mojitos

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Grey Goose L'Orange, grapefruit juice, strawberry syrup and ginger liqueur create Dimitri Lezinska's spicy, fruity cocktail.

Recipe: Starstruck Goose Cocktail

A perfect accompaniment to any alfresco lunch, this white-wine-based drink is full of peaches, raspberries, and herbs.

Recipe: Noon Wine

Mix up this party classic for a happy hour with your best girlfriends. It's so simple, and guests can serve themselves from pitchers or punch bowls.

Recipe: Classic Sangria

Lower the bill at your holiday party by offering one sensational, seasonal drink: Rudolph-red pomegranate margaritas, premixed by the pitcherful.

Recipe: Pomegranate Margaritas

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Skewers of cranberries and lemongrass spears serve as garnish for this fragrant concoction of raspberry vodka, lime juice, lemongrass syrup, and sparkling wine.

Recipe: Cranberry–Lemongrass Martini

Muddling is a traditional bartending technique where herbs and/or fruit are crushed, releasing their full flavor into a cocktail. Here we muddle blueberries and ginger with sugar and lemon to add another dimension to our take on a bellini.

Recipe: Blueberry Ginger Bellini

For a special treat, stir up these unique seasonal cocktails that celebrate the rich fruits of autumn. Serve hot or cold and with or without alcohol.

Recipe: Pomegranate-Apple Cocktails

Take a trip to the islands with this simple tropical cocktail brimming with lime.

Recipe: Island Limeade

Good-quality tequila, Triple Sec, and mint combine in this tangy iced mint margarita to create the ultimate summer party drink.

Recipe: Fresh Mint Margaritas

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You'll feel like you're on a tropical getaway with this refreshing strawberry-coconut cocktail. To keep it cool in warmer weather, freeze fresh berries for 30 minutes before blending. For a nonalcoholic version, omit the rum and add 1/2 cup additional strawberries.

Recipe: Strawberry-Coconut Daiquiri

When you give a bottle of this juice-infused vodka, you'll want to stick around for the toast. It's sophisticated and incredibly simple to make.

Recipe: Blood Orange Vodka

Our alcohol-spiked spiced Cherry Cola recipe provides a delicious grown-up fruity drink.

Recipe: Cherry Cola Cocktail

Serve a refreshing white wine sangria at your summer party. Apricot nectar sets this punch apart from traditional sangria.

Recipe: Greek White Sangria

Chef James Holmes of Olivia, in Austin, topped raw oysters with this sweet-savory sorbet before deciding it would make an excellent cocktail with Prosecco. A good-quality, store-bought raspberry sorbet is a fine shortcut.

Recipe: Black Pepper-Raspberry Sorbet with Prosecco

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Fresh herbs add an unexpected and fragrant touch to this fruity, colorful cocktail.

Recipe: Berry Patch Cocktail

This light and fruity cocktail is a perfect summer sipper.

Source: Evan Hawkins, Marquee NY

Recipe: Elevation

This beautiful tiki drink is a blend of several types of rum and fresh, fruity ingredients, and is sure to impress any cocktail enthusiast.

On draft at Circa. Created by Julian Cox.

Recipe: Maita'l Roa Ae! (Mai Tai)

Allen Katz, mixologist at the Shanty and a partner in New York Distilling, uses his own Dorothy Parker gin to make this fruity punch.

Recipe: Punch Parker

Islay-based, French-born Martine Nouet is renowned for her whisky expertise and her talent for pairing the spirit with food. (In her native country, she's known as The Queen of the Still.) "She's a describer of whiskies," says Mark Canlis, "and one of the best tasters I've ever met." Nouet created this fruity mix of Scotch, muddled raspberries, and raspberry liqueur, plus a splash of club soda.

Recipe: Summer Breeze

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