The Spritz is a festive cocktail perfect for year round sipping!
Spritz Cocktail perfect for winter, spring, summer or fall!
I have a confession. I’m not a huge fan of champagne. Maybe if I could afford the really good stuff, I would change my mind. What I have found though is that Prosecco makes a mighty fine substitute. A cheaper Prosecco fares much better than a cheaper champagne – or at least that’s my opinion.
Prosecco is perfect for topping off cocktails!
So, for New Year’s Eve we bought a bottle of Prosecco. We ended up having other cocktails through the night and didn’t feel like opening the bottle just for a midnight toast. Turns out that was a very good move on our part. What I found was the Prosecco works as a great topper for a lot of cocktails! Instead of topping with club soda, Prosecco adds a special touch. There are several versions of a Spritz Cocktail, this one is from Saveur Magazine.
Ingredients
- 3 oz Prosecco
- 1 1/2 ounce Aperol
- 1 1/2 ounce soda water
- orange slice to garnish
Instructions
- Combine the prosecco, aperol and soda water in a glass filled with ice. Garnish with an orange slice.
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Erin says
January 18, 2016 at 9:25 pmI completely agree with the prosecco over the champagne!! Maybe it’s because I can’t swing the good stuff, either. 😉 This looks great … but I don’t have aperol! I clearly need to get some. This looks gorgeous.
Potable Pastime says
January 19, 2016 at 7:28 amI only recently “discovered” Prosecco myself. Never had Aperol (had to look it up!). This sure sounds good – adding to list of things I need to try!
Michelle | A Dish of Daily Life says
January 19, 2016 at 7:49 amI love topping off with Prosecco too! This looks fantastic, Pam!
Ginger Wroot says
January 19, 2016 at 8:30 amI agree–Prosecco is a wonderful and inexpensive alternative to Champagne. After the New Year’s celebrations, this is a great time to buy it on sale too! Your featured drink is so pretty and refreshing looking!
–G
gingerwroot.com
Barbara | Creative Culinary says
January 19, 2016 at 7:50 pmThe truth is that both Prosecco from Italy and Cava from Spain can be as good or even better than their sparkling wine counterpart from France; it’s simply the only one that is allowed by law to be called champagne. It does have a nice ring to it and I might name some cocktails with the word champagne but in my mind the three are interchangeable. Except maybe in Italy where the Italians most likely demand Prosecco for their Aperol Spritz!
Pattie @ Olla-Podrida says
January 21, 2016 at 7:27 pmThis sounds so refreshing. I love a good cocktail.
jane @ littlesugarsnaps says
January 23, 2016 at 12:10 pmOur fizz of choice too, unless the champagne is £££££££ but that’s never 🙁 I love Spritz and think that alcoholic fizz beats club soda any day of the week. Your ratio pf prosecco to Aperol sounds perfect too.
April J Harris says
January 25, 2016 at 5:37 amI only recently discovered this lovely cocktail at our local Italian restaurant. Now I have one every time I go there! Aperol Spritz is so refreshing – the one you have made looks beautiful, Pam! I agree, good Prosecco is a fantastic alternative to champagne (great when you are serving lots of people) and a wonderful cocktail ingredient. Yummed and shared. Thank you for being a part of the Hearth and Soul Hop.
swathi says
January 25, 2016 at 1:18 pmLooks delicious very nice drink, thanks for sharing with Hearth and soul blog hop.