Champagne Sour

There's nothing quite like champagne. It fits all occasions, seasons and time of day. A decent, dry crémant, cava or spumanti will do nicely if you're out of champagne.

1 cl lemon juice

0.5 cl plain syrup

10 cl champagne or other dry sparkling wine

Pour two first ingredients into a flute glass and stir. Add cold sparkling wine.

Pompelmo Fizz

Fancy a soda pop for adults? This is it. Dry gin, a touch of bitter-sweet Aperol, and mildly tart grapefruit soda will send you down memory lane.

4 cl gin

2 cl Aperol

12 cl grapefruit soda

Pour the first two ingredients into a highball glass filled with ice. Stir gently and top up with grapefruit soda.

Pompelmo is the Italian word for grapefruit so Sanpellegrino would be the appropriate brand to use.

Cha Cha Cha

Cachaça, the pride of Brazil, is a summer acquaintance that always brings joy to any party or get-together. The flavours you get here are sugar cane, honey, bitter orange and grapefruit. Due to a fair amount of alcohol, each tantalizing sip ends on a dry note.

3 cl cachaça

3 cl Cointreau

12 cl grapefruit soda

Pour the two first ingredients into a highball glas with ice and stir gently. Top up with cold grapefruit soda.

Grapefruit Americano

The combination of sweet vermouth and bitter Campari has shown its worth in cocktails like Negroni and Americano. The standard version of the Americano long drink uses only vermouth and amaro with sparkling water as the mixer. In this new version grapefruit juice is added and grapefruit soda is the mixer. The result: a delicious combination of the sweet, bitter, spicy and tart.

3 cl Campari

3 cl sweet vermouth

3 cl red grapefruit juice

Sanpellegrino pompelmo

Pour the first three ingredients into a highball glass filled with ice and stir. Top up with grapefruit soda.

Source: Marcis Dzelzainis, Sager + Wilde, Paradise Row, London

Nicky's Fizz

A dry long drink with no sugar added. It puts the taste of grapefruit up front with the gin's botanicals lingering in the background. Simple to make, easy to drink. An ideal brunch drink.

4 cl gin

4 cl grapefruit juice

10 cl sparkling water

Stir the two first ingredients a highball glass with ice and top up with sparkling water.

Cherry Cooler

If you're partial to cherries and you want a drink low on alcohol, this is a good choice. The combination of lemon juice and two cherry liqueurs gives you a refreshing, slightly tart drink with a tender sweetness  and cherry aroma. A cool libation on a warm summer's day.

2 cl Maraschino

2 cl Cherry Heering

2 cl lemon juice

12 cl sparkling water

Shake the first three ingredients in a shaker with ice. Strain into a highball glass filled with fresh ice, and top up with sparkling water.