How to make a good wine spritzer
Wine spritzers are popular drinks during summer when the weather is hot. Making wine spritzers is all about creativity, and there is ideally no standard recipe for this drink. It’s all about the taste and the feel that you want to achieve at the end of the day. However, there are main ingredients that are important when making a good wine spritzer. You need red or white wine, soda or sparkling water and ice cubes. You can never talk about wine spritzers without including ice cubes. Ice cubes bring the chilled and refreshing taste of the ice cubes.
What you need for a wine spritzer
Wine
When choosing wine for a spritzer, you have the freedom to choose your favorite wine. You can either choose red wine, white wine or rose wine. The choice of wine will be influenced by the taste that you want to achieve. Red wine if for people who like the deeper flavor while white and rose wine are for those who are looking for a fruity flavor.
Soda or sparkling water
Soda is also one of the main ingredients in a wine spritzer. If your wine is very dry, then you need to look for a highly flavored soda. On the other hand, if your wine is already rich in taste and flavor, then you can settle for sparkling water.
Ice cubes
The reason why people enjoy taking wine spritzers on hot days is the chilled feel. If you want to enjoy a refreshing and chilled drink, then ice cubes are a must.
Process of making a wine spritzer
Chill the wine
Before you make a wine spritzer, the first this is to chill the wine for at least 30 minutes. The idea behind a wine spritzer is to take a chilled drink, so it is important for the wine to be chilled.
Pour ice cubes in a wine glass
After your wine is chilled, take your small ice cubes and pour them into a wine glass. The ice cubes should not take more than a half of the glass.
Pour at least 120ml of wine in a glass followed by 60ml of soda or sparkling water and then give the mixture a light stir using a straw. You can garnish the drink with a lemon slice.…