Wine is certainly no stranger to being a cocktail ingredient, especially sparkling wine in drinks like the iconic French 75. But one lesser-known wine-topped cocktail is the New York Sour, which sees a traditional Whiskey Sour topped with a layer of red wine. The West 75th—Torrence O'Haire's festive fizz at American restaurant The Gage in Chicago—brings together elements of both. It does so by combining the wine from each drink in the form of a lambrusco, Italy's famed sparkling red wine. In particular, O'Haire opts for Cleto Chiarli Pruno Nero, but any good quality lambrusco can do the trick, here. “The two drinks meet in the middle as a Brandy Sour, topped with sparkling red wine,” says O'Haire, who is the beverage director and sommelier for Gage Hospitality Group. “The lambrusco gives the cocktail both bright, fresh sparkle... and fruity richness.” Rather than gin, or the whiskey in a New York Sour, O'Haire opts for Calvados, an apple brandy from Normandy in France. While using a brandy, especially an apple one, might seem odd at first, it has precedence. While most French 75s are made with gin, it's unclear what the original drink was made with, with plenty of evidence pointing to brandy as the base spirit. Even today many cocktail bars offer both options when putting a French 75 on the menu. A housemade raspberry syrup brings sweetness to the drink, standing in for the usual simple syrup. The berries help coax out the fruitiness of both the lambrusco and the Calvados without making it overly sweet, while some fresh lemon juice balances it with tartness. Unlike its two parent drinks, the West 75th also gets a few dashes of Angostura bitters, which lends it even more depth of flavor. Traditionally the drink is served in a champange flute, but one variation is to serve it in a rocks glass over ice. Either way, you'll want to carefully pour in the lambrusco, optionally over the back of a spoon, in order to get that nice layer of red atop the drink.