On Christmas Eve, January 6, the table waits for the first star in the sky. Then come the zakuski, the blini, the toasts. Six drinks, a menu in three languages, and a cold bottle of Bella Principessa for each.
Which Prosecco for Russian Christmas?
A dry, fresh one: bubbles and caviar, bubbles and blini, bubbles and smoked fish. The label says Brut. Pour the Pink with the berry drinks.
By Michael Goldstein · 5 min read
Christmas Eve · Сочельник
With the blini and the caviar
Swap in the Rosé, also Brut:With the Rosé: A pink toast: red berries in every flute.
Cold, in a flute, a third full. Raise it when the first star shows.
Christmas Eve · Сочельник
Cranberry mors, the berry drink of every Russian kitchen
Swap in the Rosé, also Brut:With the Rosé: Cranberry and red berries, deeper and rounder.
Chilled mors in the flute, Prosecco on top. Stir once.
Christmas Day · Рождество
Bright orange, sharp and sunny in January
Swap in the Rosé, also Brut:With the Rosé: Sea buckthorn with a soft berry finish.
Juice and honey syrup in the flute, stir, then top with Prosecco slowly.
Christmas Day · Рождество
Jewel‑red, Georgian‑table red
Swap in the Rosé, also Brut:With the Rosé: Pomegranate and red berries, rounder and softer.
Juice in the flute, Prosecco on top, then the seeds. They sink, then rise on the bubbles.
Christmas Day · Рождество
Blackcurrant, smorodina, everyone’s garden berry
Swap in the Rosé, also Brut:With the Rosé: Cassis and red berries together: deeper and jammier.
Cassis in the flute, Prosecco on top. Made with Prosecco, its proper name is Kir Pétillant.
With dessert
Lemon sorbet and a little vodka, the right way
Swap in the Rosé, also Brut:With the Rosé: Lemon sorbet with a breath of berries.
Whisk the sorbet and vodka, add the Prosecco, whisk gently and serve at once in a coupe.
Make it yours
Cocktails on the menu
By the glass
Il Bar di Natale
Рождество · Christmas
С Рождеством! Buon Natale.
Poured with Bella Principessa Prosecco DOC · prosecco.com
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To your guests, your partner, or whoever is doing the shopping.
Party Math
Note per il Sochelnik
Bella Principessa Social Club
On Christmas Eve the meal begins when the first star appears. Have the bottles in ice by then.
Caviar, smoked fish, pickles and blini all love a dry, cold Prosecco.
Two glasses a guest for the evening, and one bottle spare.
Pour a third of a flute, so glasses can be raised again and again.
The same cranberry mors, without the Prosecco, for the children and the drivers.
С Рождеством! Buon Natale.
For Your Party
Pick the drinks, add your name and the date, and print a Bella Principessa menu for the table. Gold and Rosé by the glass are already on it.
Make my menu
The Bottle
Every Bella Principessa bottle is ceramic‑painted, with no paper label, so it looks like part of the party from the moment it’s in the ice. Gold and Rosé, both Prosecco DOC Brut.
January 7. Christmas Eve, Sochelnik, is January 6, when the meal traditionally begins with the first star.
A dry, cold sparkling wine. Bella Principessa Gold is Brut: crisp enough for the salt, fruity enough for the blini.
A traditional Russian berry drink, usually cranberry or lingonberry, sweetened and served cold. Topped with Prosecco it becomes a fizz.
Mors on its own, in the same glasses. Please enjoy responsibly: 21+ only, and plan a safe way home.
The Season
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Written by
Michael Goldstein
Founder and Creative Director, Bella Principessa
He believes the best introductions happen over a glass, and that time with family and friends, old and new, is the real luxury. He writes here about the brand and the people who share it.
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For adults 21+. Please enjoy responsibly.
