Lately, I have been thinking about Spain. Like Italy, it has a relaxed way of life, centered around a cafe/bar culture with iconic food and drink. We are considering a run to Madrid in the winter, if we have enough airline miles to do it for low/no cost. The very possibility of this has gotten us doing research. And when we do trip research, we dive in pretty deep.
One of the things that came out of our research about Spain is a drink called the Tinto de Verano. It is essentially a slightly sweetened red wine spritzer. Similar to a sangria, but simpler and made by the glass, a la minute. This summer, I discovered that I LOVE a similar Italian drink called an Aperol Spritz. The composition of an Aperol Spritz is equal parts Prosecco, Aperol and Seltzer.
This afternoon, my husband opened a bottle of red wine and started experimenting. He threw a healthy glug of aperol into his glass of wine and topped it with a splash of seltzer. It was unexpectedly delicious. I added a couple of slices of fruit and got the measurements down to a repeatable recipe and a cocktail was born. It's kind of like the bad baby that resulted from a foolish night of passion between the Tinto and the Spritz. We have named the love child "Bacio da Madrid" or Kiss from Madrid. Give it a try before it's officially cider and whiskey weather.
BACIO DA MADRID
5 oz Fruity Red Wine (Rioja, Shiraz, etc)
1 and 1/2 Tablespoons Aperol
4 Oz Seltzer (orange flavored seltzer works really well here)
1 Slice Lemon
1 Slice Orange
Ice
Ice
Fill a large wine goblet or tall glass halfway with ice. Pour over the wine and aperol and mix well with a spoon. Drop in the lemon and orange slices and stir again. Top off with Seltzer.
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