{"id":23114,"date":"2020-02-08T16:00:32","date_gmt":"2020-02-08T15:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.xtrawine.com\/?p=23114"},"modified":"2020-03-10T15:03:10","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T14:03:10","slug":"the-classic-italian-spritz-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.xtrawine.com\/en\/the-classic-italian-spritz-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"The Classic Italian Spritz Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There are some people who will tell you that you should never mix an Italian wine with anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The idea of making a cocktail using wine is anathema to these people. By doing that, you\u2019re diluting the flavour of the wine, which isn\u2019t what the producer would want at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019ll call that group of people the traditionalists. And they certainly make some good points. Using a wine in a cocktail does dilute the flavour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But then, we have those of us who love a good cocktail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To us, mixing an Italian wine with other drinks isn\u2019t really a case of diluting the wine. It\u2019s a case of using everything that the wine has to offer, alongside several other ingredients, to create something completely new.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019re not destroying the taste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019re complementing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We suppose that each camp will simply have to agree to disagree with the other one. However, there may just be a middle ground that everybody can settle on. There is a classic Italian cocktail that\u2019s very easy to make and doesn\u2019t involve a lot of diluting of the wine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019re talking about the classic Italian spritz. And in this article, we\u2019re going to give you a quick and easy recipe for making one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spritz: The Recipe<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The awesome thing about the spritz is that it\u2019s one of the simplest cocktails in the world to make.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You only need three things:<\/p>\n\n\n\n