Aperol Spritz
ClassicIBA OfficialAperol, prosecco, soda. The Italian aperitivo.
Light and bittersweet, with Aperol's orange-and-rhubarb bitterness balanced by prosecco's dry sparkle. A splash of soda keeps it airy and low-proof. Bright, citrusy, and gently bitter on the finish — endlessly easy to drink in the early evening sun.
Ingredients
- 3 oz Prosecco
- 2 oz Aperol
- 1 oz Soda Water
- Orange slice · optional garnish
Method
- 1
Fill a large wine glass with ice.
- 2
Add the prosecco, then the Aperol.
- 3
Top with a splash of soda water and stir gently.
- 4
Garnish with an orange slice.
The Story
The spritz traces to Austro-Hungarian soldiers in northern Italy, who cut the local wines with a "spritz" of sparkling water. Aperol arrived in 1919 from Padua — bittersweet, orange-hued, and low in alcohol — and the modern three-two-one formula (prosecco, Aperol, soda) turned it into the sound of an Italian summer evening. It is the aperitivo in a glass: light, bitter, and built to open the appetite.
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