Champagne Punch

This punch is as important to have at a wedding reception as it is to not wear white shoes after Labor Day. Southern women can make any number of variations of this in their sleep. A classic wedding or anniversary reception beverage, it is addictively refreshing—which is nice when you’re all dolled up and fending off wilting humidity. During my early days in Mississippi, it was one of the few “proper” drinks that town matriarchs weren’t ashamed of going back for repeatedly, requesting “just