Sparkling · Celebration · Spring

Spritz

Aperol and Prosecco over ice with a splash of soda and a slice of orange. Bitter, orange, and built for a table outside.

Base: Prosecco
Glass: Wine glass
Method: Build
Strength: 9% ABV

Ingredients

90 mlProsecco1 swap
Any dry sparkling winehigh
Little change
60 mlAperol3 swaps
Campari (less)low
More bitter — use a little less
Use ~2/3 the amount
Cynarmedium
Earthy, artichoke-bitter
Select Aperitivohigh
Classic Venetian, close to Aperol
splashSoda Water

How to make

Technique

Build · 10–15s

Building straight in the glass keeps it simple and preserves any fizz.

Build all ingredients into a wine glass filled with ice.
Stir gently.

Serve

Glass

Wine glassAlso fine: Large wine glass, Goblet, Copa glass

Garnish

Garnish with a slice of orange.Set it on the rim; squeezing it in makes the drink noticeably sweeter.

Taste & nutrition

9%ABV

125kcal

1.19Drinks

StrengthLight

Sweet to dryOff-dry

Estimated from ingredient amounts and assumed ABVs — not a lab measurement.

Good to know

Add the fizzy mixer last so it keeps its bubbles.

History

Year20th century

PlaceVeneto, Italy

Created byUnknown (Aperol version popularised later)

The Spritz grew out of the Veneto region of Italy, where Austrian soldiers once "sprayed" — spritzen — water into the local wine. The modern version tops prosecco and a bitter apéritivo such as Aperol with a splash of soda. Bright, low-strength and endlessly drinkable, it became the drink of the Italian aperitivo hour. Its orange glow is now seen on terraces worldwide.

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