Tipple Thyme

• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup water
• fresh thyme sprig (25 leaves plucked off the stem of a thyme sprig)
• 1 ounce fresh blood orange juice
• 12 ounce fresh lemon juice
• 12 ounce thyme syrup
• 3 ounces sparkling rose wine
• lemon, wheel for garnish
• thyme, sprig for garnish

1. Make thyme syrup: Bring ingredients to a boil in a saucepan, stirring occasionally.
2. Reduce heat to low.
3. Simmer for 10 minutes.
4. Let cool.
5. Double strain into a glass bottle.
6. To make cocktail: Pour juices and syrup into a Champagne flute.
7. Top with sparkling wine.
8. Garnish with lemon wheel with sprig of thyme on rime of glass.

sugar, water, thyme, fresh blood orange juice, lemon juice, thyme syrup, wine, lemon, thyme

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/tipple-thyme-492711 (may not work)