| IBA official cocktail | |
|---|---|
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| Type | Wine cocktail |
| Base spirit | |
| Served | On the rocks: poured over ice |
| Standard garnish | Slice of Orange |
| Standard drinkware | &sq=&lang=&file=File:Wine_Glass_(White).svg) |
| IBA specified ingredients† | |
| Preparation | Build all ingredients into a wine glass filled with ice. Stir gently. |
| [1] † Spritz recipe at International Bartenders Association | |
A spritz is an Italian wine-based cocktail, commonly served as an apéritif across Italy. It consists of Prosecco, digestive bitters and soda water. The original spritz veneziano (Italian: [ˈsprits venetˈtsjaːno]) uses Select as bitters and was created in Venice in 1920.[2] Popular variants are spritz al Campari, which uses Campari, and Aperol spritz, which uses Aperol as bitters[3]
Since 2011, spritz is an IBA official cocktail, initially listed as "spritz veneziano" then simply as "spritz".[1][4] The spritz became widely popular outside of Italy in the 2010s and Aperol spritz was ranked as the world's ninth bestselling cocktail in 2019 by the website Drinks International.[5][6]
- ^ a b "Spritz". iba-world.com. 29 April 2021.
- ^ "Altro che Aperol o Campari, a Venezia il vero Spritz si fa con il Select". www.repubblica.it (in Italian). Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ^ "Cocktails | Campari". www.campari.com. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ^ Marzo Magno, Alessandro (2014). "1979: l'anno dello spritz". Il genio del gusto: come il mangiare italiano ha conquistato il mondo (in Italian). Milano: Garzanti. pp. 307–318. ISBN 978-88-11-68293-6.
- ^ "The World's Best-Selling Classic Cocktails 2018". Drinks International. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- ^ "The World's Best-Selling Classic Cocktails 2019". Drinks International. Retrieved 18 September 2019.