Remember wine coolers? Turns out they’re not actually all that cool these days.

But don’t put that cork back in the bottle just yet. Why not mix up a few wine cocktails, which – unlike their commercial predecessors – are quite sophisticated and of-the-moment.

“Wine-based cocktails are something that I think have really taken off,” says Amy Currens, wine director at Prospect, a restaurant serving contemporary American cuisine in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood.