Summer isn't over so there's no reason to stop drinking your favorite rosé.  Consider taking a cue from those easy breezy French folks living in Provence who treat rosé as a year-round beverage. As if you need a reason to indulge in your favorite pink drink, here are five easy cocktail recipes using everyone's favorite summer water. Bring the sweet taste of summer to your palate all year round.

Rose Cooler

Ingredients:

100ml of a rich, fruity rose

20ml vodka

40ml pink grapefruit juice

Chilled Cherryade to top off

Maraschino cherry for garnish (optional)

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Kir Blush

Ingredients:

125 ml of dry but fruity rosé

25ml Crème de Cassis

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Easy Rose Spritzer

2/3 cup of dry fruity rose (chilled)

1/3 cup unflavored seltzer water (chilled)

Lime wedge

Mix the rosé and the seltzer in a wine glass. Squeeze a lime wedge into the drink and enjoy.

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