Sparkling Cranberry Cocktails - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup sugar
1 (12 ounce) package fresh cranberries or (12 ounce) package thawed frozen cranberries
25 3/8 ounces sparkling white wine, chilled (Gloria Ferrer Sonoma Brut - 750 milliliters)

Preparation

Combine sugar and 1/2 cup water in a medium saucepan, and bring to a boil, stirring constantly until sugar is dissolved.
Boil syrup 30 seconds; set aside 18 cranberries, add remaining cranberries to syrup, and cook an additional 30 seconds.
Cover and remove from heat; let cranberries steep 20 minutes.
Strain cranberry syrup, reserving berries for another use.
Transfer syrup to a glass cruet with stopper, and chill at least 1 hour. (Syrup will keep, chilled in an airtight container, up to 2 weeks.).
Place 3 cranberries and 1 tablespoon cranberry syrup in the bottom of each champagne glass.
Top with chilled sparkling white wine, and serve immediately.