Marilyn Monroe

HomeSparkling Cocktails, Tribute Cocktails

Marilyn Monroe

3,5 cl Calvados
1 Dash Monin Grenadine
Champagne

Mixing Technique: Build
Glass: Champagne-flûte
Method: Pour clavados and grenadine into a pre-chilled champagne flûte, stir gently and top up with ice cold champagne.

2018-09-29T20:45:18+01:00By Marilyn Monroe|Categories: Sparkling Cocktails, Tribute Cocktails|

Historical Perspective

Champagne was one of Marilyn Monroe’s favorite tipples, more specifically Dom Pérignon 1953. The story goes that Monroe is believed to have once taken a 'champagne bath,' it took approximately 350 champagne bottles to fill the bathtub. The Marilyn Monroe champagne cocktail is made from a base of champagne or sparkling wine, some apple brandy (calvados), and a dash of grenadine syrup. Marilyn Monroe was notorious for her love of champagne, as well as her preference for the color pink. Both choices are combined in the Marilyn Monroe Cocktail, of which the origins are still unknown today. (from Monroe's My Story)

Marilyn Monroe

Actress

Los Angeles, June 1, 1926

United States

Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson) was an American actress, model, and singer. Monroe made a name for herself playing comic "blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s. Monroe wore a stunning pink dress in the 1953 film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes which was used in one of the most famous scenes of the film. In the years after Monroe’s pink dress became an icon of fashion and film and was often imitated and parodied. Although Monroe was a top-billed actress for only a decade, her films grossed over $ 200 million by the time of her unexpected death (on August 5, 1962). More than half a century later, she continues to be a significant favorite culture icon.

By continuing to use the site, you agree to the use of cookies. more information