Cocktail · Spain
Tinto de verano
Make Spain’s Tinto de verano with red wine and lemon soda in exact oz and ml amounts for an effortless, refreshing wine cocktail.
- Yield
- 1 cocktail
- Prep time
- 5 minutes
- Glassware
- Highball glass
- Base
- Wine
Ingredients
- 3 oz (90 ml) young red wine
- 3 oz (90 ml) lemon soda
Garnish
Lemon wheel
How to make it
- 1Chill a highball glass and measure each ingredient.
- 2Add young red wine and lemon soda to the chilled highball glass and stir once.
- 3Finish with lemon wheel and serve immediately.
The story behind Tinto de verano
Tinto de verano—literally “summer red wine”—is Spain’s unfussy warm-weather cooler. Equal parts red wine and lemon soda make it lighter and quicker than sangria, so it is a familiar order at Spanish terraces and beach bars.