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No. 061 Cocktails · Sparkling wine
Prosecco and Aperol with a splash of soda over ice in a wine glass.
Makes 1 drink · about 2 min to make
Ounces are US fluid ounces (29.57 ml), rounded.
Printable recipe card Quantities as given in the IBA's official specification.
Bittersweet, orange and gently sparkling. The IBA notes other versions use Campari, Cynar or Select instead of Aperol.
The original spritz veneziano, created in Venice in 1920, used the bitter apéritif Select.
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Photo: Kent Wang, CC BY-SA 2.0
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Photo: Akke Monasso, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Photo: Matthias Friedlein, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Photo: Farther Along, CC BY 2.0