Champagne Cosmopolitan

• 1 12 cups cranberry juice cocktail, chilled
• 12 cup Grand Marnier
• 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
• 8 slices lime zest, each 1/4-inch wide and 3-inch long
• 2 (750 ml) bottlesbrut sparkling wine or 2 (750 ml) bottles champagne, chilled

1. Combine cranberry juice, Grand Marnier, and lime juice in a small pitcher and mix well.
2. Hold a lime strip over a tall Champagne flute, twist or tie it into a single knot to release the essential oils, and drop the zest into the flute.
3. Repeat with remaining zest and seven more flutes.
4. Divide the juice mixture equally among the flutes.
5. Top each flute with the sparkling wine.
6. Serve immediately.

cranberry juice cocktail, grand marnier, lime juice, lime zest, bottlesbrut sparkling wine

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/champagne-cosmopolitan-352926 (may not work)