Published on July 25th, 2024.
Simple Summer Spritz Sips
Quick, Easy and the Perfect Summer Sip
A spritz is a sparkling wine-based cocktail made with prosecco or dry white wine, a bitter liqueur, soda water, and a touch of citrus. While it’s delightful year-round, summer is undoubtedly peak spritz season.
Light, lower in ABV than a cocktail, and effortlessly drinkable, spritzes are a refreshing way to prepare your palate for the delicious food and drink to come.
Originating in Veneto, Italy—the home of prosecco—the spritz has an interesting history. In the 1800s, Austrians visiting Italy would dilute Italian wines with a “spritz” (German for “splash”) of soda water to lighten them to their taste. Over time, the wine gave way to prosecco, and Italians began adding fortified wines and liqueurs. By the 1950s, the Aperol Spritz, created by the brothers behind Aperol, burst onto the scene and has been a staple of aperitivo hour ever since.
LIMONCELLO BASIL SPRITZ
- 45ml Isolabella Limoncello
- 60ml chilled dry sparkling wine
- 30ml chilled soda water
- 55g sugar
- 5 basil leaves
- 2 lemon wheels, basil sprig, to garnish
Make basil syrup by placing sugar and 50ml water in a small saucepan. Bring to boil and stir until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat and add basil leaves. Set aside and steep for 30 minutes. Add limoncello, wine, soda and 15ml basil syrup to a wine glass with ice. Pop lemon wheels in and garnish with sprig.
RUBY RED SPRTIZ
- 30ml gin
- 30ml Cawston Press Grapefruit Juice
- 15ml Campari
- 90ml Harlot Sparkling Rose Brut
- Splash of soda
- Thyme sprig, ruby red grapefruit slice, to garnish
Fill a large wine glass halfway with ice. Add the gin, juice and Campari. Top with sparkling wine and a splash of soda. Stir gently. Smack thyme between your palms, and garnish with sprig and grapefruit slice.
HUGO SPRITZ
- 15ml St-Germain Elderflower Liqueur
- 120ml prosecco
- 30ml soda water
- 1 mint sprig
- Mint sprig, lemon wheel, to garnish
Add the liqueur and mint spring to a wine glass. Gently muddle and allow to sit for 3 minutes. Add ice, prosecco and soda water. Stir gently to combine. Garnish with mint sprig and lemon wheel.
BLOOD ORANGE AF SPRITZ
- 90ml Punchy Blood Orange, Bitters & Cardamom
- 60ml Fever-Tree Ginger Beer
- 15ml Little Mixers Lemon Juice
- Sliced blood orange, sliced ginger, fresh mint, to garnish
Fill a glass with ice. Add the blood orange juice, ginger beer and lemon and stir gently to combine. Garnish with the sliced orange, ginger and mint.
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