Margarita Wine Spritzer

I love a glass of wine, but when it’s hot, a wine spritzer is my go-to summer drink. It’s cold, fizzy, and refreshing, and just a few weeks ago, I took my favorite wine spritzer and gave it a margarita twist.

A traditional wine spritzer is a fizzy, cold drink with wine, soda, seltzer, or sparkling water. A fruitier wine like pinot grigio or sauvignon works best, but you can also make red wine spritzers with pinot noir or other fruitier red wines. The typical ratio is three parts wine to one part soda water.

The wine spritzers I’m sharing here have a margarita twist, so they aren’t exactly traditional, but they are refreshing and delicious. They’re sort of retro and remind me of the wine coolers I drank (and probably loved a little too much) in college.

Ingredients

• Ice: I like to start with ice in the glasses (in this case, big wine glasses used to serve red wine) because (spoiler alert!) it keeps the spritzer cold. Also, as the ice melts, it mellows the tartness from the margarita mix. You can leave the ice out, but you’ll want to ensure all the ingredients are very cold when you make the drinks.
• 8 ounces of white wine: I like sauvignon blanc or pinot grigio.
• 6 ounces of margarita mix: Use a mix without the tequila.
• 2 ounces club soda

How to Make the Spritzers

Divide the wine between two glasses, add the margarita mix and club soda, give it a little stir, and then garnish the glasses with lime slices.

More Summer Drink Recipes

• Pink Margaritas
• Watermelon Mojito
• Sparkling Spiked Lemonade
• Citrus Margaritas

More Summer Recipes

• Green Bean Potato Salad
• Easy Steak Quesadillas
• BBQ Chicken Bowls
• Summer Peach Lemonade

So here’s to summer days and summer-sippin’!

Happy spritzer-making,