Total Time

　　5 minutes

　　Everyone should have an house spritz—a seasonal standard whose proportions are known by heart and ingredients are stocked easily. This is ours. A simple riff on the classic spritz formula originally built to highlight Lini’s fruity, irresistible lambrusco rosato, this has become a spring-summer staple for both of us. Gentian-tinged Cocchi Americao plays the bitter role, while sour grapefruit acts as a foil to its sweetness, simultaneously pumping up the volume on the lambrusco. Built in a pitcher or portioned out in a wine glass, it’s a drink that embodies the spritz philosophy of being both beautiful and simple.

Ingredients

　　2 ounces Cocchi Americano

　　4 ounces Lini Lambrusco Rosato

　　1 ounce fresh grapefruit juice

　　1 ounce soda water

　　1 grapefruit wheel, for garnish

　　Build the ingredients in a rocks or wine glass over ice and add the garnish.

　　Text excerpted from SPRITZ © 2016 by Talia Baiocchi and Leslie Pariseau. Reproduced by permission of Ten Speed Press. All rights reserved.