Celebrate The Met Gala From Home With These 6 Cocktails!

You don’t have to get dressed up for the Met Gala this year.

From Mezzacorona’s ‘Romance in the Garden’ to Goslings ‘Black Beauty’, and The Omni Grove Park Inn’s ‘Garden of Time’ creations, you’ll be able to reawaken fashion with a taste of the avant-garde.

Keep your pajamas on and join in on the celebration from the comfort of your own home with the 6 themed cocktails below!

Rosé Wine, Sparkling Wine

Romance in the Garden

by Mezzacorona

Ingredients

• 1.5 oz. Delisa Pinot Grigio Rosé
• 0.5 oz. Fresh Grapefruit Juice
• 0.5 oz. Sugar Syrup
• 1 Egg White
• 3 oz. Rotari Brut

Preparation

1. Pour Delisa Pinot Grigio Rosé, grapefruit juice, sugar syrup, and egg white into the shaker full of ice.
2. Shake vigorously for a good 10-15 seconds until it’s fully iced.
3. Pour into a wine glass or coupe using the strainer.
4. Top with Rotari Brut.
5. Garnish with edible florals or grapefruit slices.

Rum

Black Beauty

by Goslings

Ingredients

• 1.5 parts Goslings Black Seal Rum
• 1/2 part Simple Syrup
• 3-4 Fresh Mint Leaves
• 2-3 Fresh Blackberries
• Juice of half a Lime
• 3 parts Soda Water
• Dash of Aromatic Bitters

Preparation

1. Muddle the fresh blackberries, fresh mint leaves, simple syrup and the juice of half a lime.
2. Add the rum and shake over ice.
3. Strain into an ice filled rocks glass and top with soda water to taste.

Gin, Liqueur, Sparkling Wine

Fleur de Paradis

by The Omni Grove Park Inn

Ingredients

• 1.5 oz. Hendrick’s Gin
• 0.5 oz. St. Germain
• 0.5 oz. Grapefruit Juice
• 0.5 oz. Lemon Juice
• 1 oz. Champagne

Preparation

1. Garnish: Edible Viola Flower

Gin, Vermouth

Lavendar 75

by The Omni Grove Park Inn

Ingredients

• 1.5 oz. Empress 1908 Gin
• 0.75 oz. Lemon Juice
• 0.75 oz. Lavender Syrup
• 1 oz. Prosecco

Preparation

1. Garnish: Lemon Wheel & Dried Lavender Petals

Vodka

Grapefruit Spritz

by The Omni Grove Park Inn

Ingredients

• 1.5 oz. Ketel One Botanical Grapefruit & Rose Vodka
• 1 oz. Rosemary Simple Syrup
• 1 oz. Lime Juice
• 2 oz. Grapefruit Juice

Preparation

1. Add ice and shake vigorously 15 times.
2. Strain into a wine glass, add ice and top Soda for a layered effect.
3. Slide a lime wheel or two against the inside of the glass for decoration and add a long rosemary sprig for garnish.

Additional Notes

*Combine all ingredients in a shaker tin.

Gin, Red Wine

Vue Sour

Ingredients

• 1.5 oz. Beefeater Gin
• .5 oz. Lemon Juice
• .5 oz. Simple Syrup
• 3 dashes Rhubarb Bitters
• 1 oz. Franciscan Cabernet Floater

Preparation

1. Shake and strain into rocks glass.
2. Add Vue 1913 specialty king cube.
3. Add 1 oz. Franciscan Cabernet Floater.