Nadia George
May 02, 2024
The Russian Spring Punch was created by Dick Bradsell in London in the 1980s. He also wrote about his creation in the December-January 1998 edition of CLASS magazine,.
Later, in 2015, Dick elaborated that he created this drink for his friend Rebecca d Pont de Bie and Peter Kent who married Hamish Bowles the editor-at-large for Vogue.
Kent and Bowles wanted to throw a cocktail party where people were asked to bring their own bottle of bubbly, which was served with a shot of vodka, lemon juice, two bar spoons of sugar and one bar spoon of cassis and ice.
“It was lethal. We had people falling down the stairs and dancing around in wild abandon. I called it the Russian Spring Punch because it has vodka in it, which is Russian, and it's a Collins, or a Fizz, which is a spring drink," writes Dick.
Ingredient : 25 ml vodka, 25 ml fresh lemon juice, 15 ml Crème de Cassis, 10 ml sugar syrup, Top up sparkling wine
Pour all the ingredients into a cocktail shaker except the sparkling wine. Shake well with ice. Strain into a chilled tall tumbler glass filled with ice. Top up with sparkling wine. Garnish with blackberries and optionally a lemon slice as well.