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Spritz Season: 10 Unique Recipes to Sip On

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A refreshing spritz cocktail on a hot summer day evokes visions of lounging on the Italian coast in a wide-brimmed hat and oversized sunglasses. You soak in the misty breeze of the Mediterranean and sip on a sparkly, not-too-sweet, not-too-bitter drink—ah, the spritz.

A sweet Prosecco is combined with a bitter liquor and a splash of soda to create the bubbly concoction that originated in Northeastern Italy using Aperol. The spritzes du jour provide an exciting departure from the classic summer cocktail and now include limoncello, elderflower, and tequila, among other flavors.

Read on to find 10 of the most unique spritz recipes to sip on.

Amaro Spritz Recipes

Amaro (or plural form Amari) is a class of bitter Italian liquors. With a sweet and syrupy finish, the family of Amaro liquors comes in a variety of intensities and flavors. The original liquor used in alcohol-based spritz cocktails, Amari types include Aperol, Campari, and Nonino. The classic cocktail you’ll want to master, the Amaro spritz is crisp and sweet but provides bitter herbal notes that make it molto bene. Saluti!

Classic Amaro Spritz

Serves: 1

Ingredients:

  • 3 oz Prosecco
  • 2 oz Amari liquor, such as Meletti or Nonino
  • 1 oz Club soda
  • Ice cubes

Directions:

  1. Fill a tall glass with ice.
  2. Add remaining ingredients.
  3. Stir gently.
  4. Enjoy!

Aperol Spritz

Serves: 1

Ingredients:

  • 3 oz Prosecco
  • 2 oz Aperol
  • 1 oz Club soda
  • 1 Orange slice
  • Ice cubes

Directions:

  1. Place ice cubes in a tall glass.
  2. Add Prosecco, Aperol, and club soda.
  3. Garnish with an orange slice.
  4. Enjoy!

Campari Spritz

Serves: 1

Ingredients:

  • 2 oz Campari
  • 3 oz Prosecco
  • 1 oz Club soda
  • 1 Fresh orange slice

Directions:

  1. Fill a tall glass with ice.
  2. Add Campari, Prosecco, and club soda.
  3. Garnish with an orange slice.
  4. Enjoy!

Limoncello Spritz Recipes

Super sweet and intensely lemony, Limoncello is an Italian liquor that’ll put your tastebuds on notice. Marry it with Prosecco, ginger beer, and club soda to neutralize its tartness and expose its best flavor features. We love this spritz drink recipe from William Sonoma.

Limoncello Spritz  

Serves: 1

Ingredients:

  • 2 oz Limoncello
  • ½ oz Ginger beer
  • ¼ oz Lemon juice
  • ½ oz Club soda
  • 3 oz Prosecco
  • Ice cubes
  • Mint sprigs
  • Lemon slices

Directions:

  1. Place ice cubes in a tall glass.
  2. Add Limoncello, ginger beer, and lemon juice.
  3. Top with club soda and Prosecco.
  4. Stir to combine.
  5. Garnish with mint sprigs and lemon slices.
  6. Enjoy!

Rosé Spritz Recipes

The flavor profiles of rosé wine depend highly on the grape’s varietal and production styles. Some common notes you’ll find in any rosé include white flower, citrus, and cherry. While you might experiment with a sparkling rosé for your rosé spritz recipe, this method uses a still rosé and provides just as much effervescent goodness.

Rosé Spritzer

Serves: 1

Ingredients:

  • 3 oz Rosé wine
  • 1 oz Club soda
  • Ice cubes
  • Thyme sprig

Directions:

  1. Pour wine into a glass.
  2. Top with club soda.
  3. Add ice.
  4. Garnish with thyme sprig.                  
  5. Enjoy!

Elderflower Spritz Recipes

Liquors, like St-Germain, are delicate and highly coveted for their unique elderflower flavor. A taste that’s so now, its sweetness and earthiness make it the number-one pick for the best spritz recipe drink.

Elderflower Spritz  

Serves: 1

Ingredients:

  • 2 oz Elderflower liquor, like St-Germain
  • 3 oz Prosecco
  • 1 oz Club soda
  • Sliced cucumbers
  • Ice cubes

Directions:

  1. Fill a wine glass with ice cubes.
  2. Pour elderflower liquor.
  3. Slowly add Prosecco.
  4. Top with soda.
  5. Stir gently.
  6. Garnish with cucumber.
  7. Enjoy!

Tequila Spritz Recipes

Two tequila spritz drinks in two glasses

Often complex but overall smooth, tequila exhibits sweet, spicy, and sometimes fruity and toasty flavors. Thanks to its Agave production, tequila adds the natural element that’s crucial to a spritz recipe drink.

Tequila Spritz

Serves: 1

Ingredients:

  • 1½ oz Tequila
  • 1 tsp Honey
  • 1 oz Fresh lime juice
  • 8 Raspberries
  • 2 Fresh mint leaves
  • Mint sprig
  • Ice cubes

Directions:

  1. Place honey, lime juice, and raspberries in a cup and muddle.
  2. Strain through a fine mesh sieve into a cocktail shaker.
  3. Add mint leaves to the strained mixture and muddle to release mint fragrance.
  4. Add tequila to the shaker and shake vigorously for 10 seconds.
  5. Pour contents of the shaker into a tall glass.
  6. Top with club soda.
  7. Garnish with a mint sprig.
  8. Enjoy!

Tomato Spritz Recipes

Move over Bloody Mary, the tomato spritz is taking over as the most-favored brunch drink everywhere. With subtle tomato flavor, sweet bubbles, and notes of juniper and greens, this spritz drink will be your new afternoon go-to.

Tomato Spritz

Serves: 1

Ingredients:

  • ¼ oz Gin
  • 2 oz Extra-dry vermouth
  • 1½ oz Tomato water
  • ¼ oz Cherry tomato shrub
  • Club soda
  • Prosecco
  • Cherry tomato
  • Parsley stalk
  • Ice cubes

Directions:

  1. Fill a tall glass with ice.
  2. Add all ingredients except club soda and Prosecco.
  3. Stir to combine.
  4. Top with equal parts club soda and Prosecco.
  5. Stir again briefly and gently.
  6. Garnish with a halved cherry tomato and a parsley stalk.
  7. Enjoy!

Gin Spritz Recipes

Passionfruit martini cocktail with a shot of Prosecco next to it

A noticeable pine flavor is complemented by herbs, citrus, and spices in gin. Give the liquor some oomph by spritzing it up with bitters, bubbly, and sweetness.

Gin Spritz

Serves: 1

Ingredients:

  • ⅛ oz Gin
  • ¼ oz Bitters
  • ¼ oz  Fresh lemon juice
  • ¼ oz  Honey syrup (3 parts honey / 1 part water)
  • 4 oz  Tonic water
  • Orange slice
  • Ice cubes

Directions:

  1. Fill a glass with ice cubes.
  2. Pour your ingredients into a large wine glass except the tonic.
  3. Top with chilled tonic water.
  4. Gently stir.
  5. Garnish with orange slice.
  6. Enjoy!

Grapefruit Spritz Recipes

Put the season’s hottest fruit to good use. This grapefruit spritz recipes is tart, tangy, sweet, and summery. Just how we like it!

Grapefruit Spritz

Serves: 1

Ingredients:

  • 2 oz Grapefruit juice
  • ½ oz Aperol
  • 2 oz Prosecco
  • Grapefruit peel
  • Ice cubes

Directions:

  1. Fill a tall glass with ice.
  2. Add grapefruit juice, Aperol, and Prosecco.
  3. Stir gently.
  4. Garnish with grapefruit peel.
  5. Enjoy!

Mocktails for Summer

Your seasonal spritz recipes don’t always have to include alcohol. We have several other mocktail recipes that are perfect for summer. Refreshing, fizzy, and deliciously non-alcoholic, they’ll instantly be on rotation during these hot and toasty months.