Ruby Port short-drink recipes

Crimson Martini recipe

Shake ingredients together with cracked ice in a cocktail shaker. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a lime twist, and serve.

Devil's Cocktail recipe

Pour ingredients into a mixing glass filled with ice. Stir. Strain into a cocktail glass.

Mulled Port recipe

Peel and slice the oranges, and place the peel in a large nonreactive saucepan. Add cloves, mace, nutmeg, allspice, cinnamon stick, sugar and 2 cups of water. Set over a medium-high heat and stir frequently to dissolve the sugar. Allow the reach the boil and turn down to medium heat. Simmer for 10 minutes. Strain the mixture and return to the pan. Add port and heat, but do not boil. Serve in Irish coffee glasses with a slice of peeled orange in each. Makes 6 (6-ounce) Irish coffee glasses.

Ruby Port Cobbler recipe

Dissolve the sugar in the club soda in the bottom of an old-fashioned glass. Add crushed ice until the glass is almost full, and stir well. Garnish with a maraschino cherry, a slice of orange, and a slice of lemon.