Spritzer

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Serve in a Goblet glass

Ingredients:
3 oz Sauvignon blanc wine
Top up with Thomas Henry Soda Water
× 1 1 serving
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Garnish: Lemon zest twist

How to make:

POUR ingredients into chilled glass and lightly stir. No ice!

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Cocktail of the day:

4th August 2025 is National White Wine Day

Review:

To avoid ridicule when diluting a glass of white wine try adding a couple of ice cubes instead.

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History:

Our Spritz page contains information on the history of, and other recipes for, the Spritz family of cocktails.

Nutrition:

One serving of Spritzer contains 68 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 0.6 standard drinks
  • 9.45% alc./vol. (9.45° proof)
  • 8.5 grams of pure alcohol

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Hunter Newsome’s Avatar Hunter Newsome
21st April 2022 at 20:16
With a good, bright and acidic wine this is actually quite nice (particularly Riesling). And it even works with ice if you do a 2:1 or 3:1 ratio of wine to soda water.
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