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Lambrusco Spritz | Let's Get Blitzen: Cocktail Advent Calendar | Taste and Tipple

Lambrusco Spritz

This Lambrusco spritz is a sessionable holiday sipper: bittersweet Montenegro and tart cranberry lift juicy, fizzy Lambrusco, with basil oil and olives giving it a sly savory wink.

Course Drinks
Cuisine Italian
Keyword Amaro, Let's Get Blitzen, Wine
Prep Time 5 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes
Servings 1
Author Yvonne Langen

Ingredients

  • 1 oz Amaro Montenegro
  • ¾ oz cranberry juice
  • 2 oz Lambrusco
  • Fever-Tree Club Soda to top
  • Garnish: 3 drops basil olive oil or olive oil
  • Garnish: 3 olives
  • Garnish: grapefruit slice
  • Garnish: rosemary

Instructions

  1. Add amaro, cranberry juice, and Lambrusco to a snifter glass or large wine glass and stir to combine.
  2. Add ice and top with club soda. Stir briefly.
  3. Garnish with a slice of grapefruit, 3 olives skewered on a cocktail pick, a sprig of rosemary, and top it all off with 3 drops of basil olive oil.