Official spec
- Prosecco90 ml
- Aperol60 ml
- Soda water1 splash
Method
Build all ingredients in a wine glass filled with ice. Stir gently.
Garnish
An orange wheel.
IBA note. There are versions with Campari, Cynar or Select in place of the Aperol.
History
It comes from 19th-century Veneto, then under Habsburg rule: soldiers, merchants and officials of the empire found the local wines too strong and asked for a splash of water (spritzen, in German). The bitter liqueurs came later, with Aperol born in Padua in 1919 and Select in Venice in 1920, and only in the 1970s did the modern recipe take hold, with prosecco in place of still wine.
Sources: official IBA spec and Wikipedia.
Flavor
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Pairs with
bar snacks and charcuterie · pizza · cheese · fried food
The bitterness whets the appetite and cleans the palate between bites.