Spritz Med — A Friulian amaro spritz built on ginger ale as well as prosecco

Spritz Med

A Friulian amaro spritz built on ginger ale as well as prosecco

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Ingredients

  • 1 ozAmaro Tosolini
    Marine wormwood and Mediterranean herbs on grape spirit
    Substitute: Another Friulian or lagoon-herb amaro
  • 1 1/2 ozProsecco
    Cold, and poured before the ginger ale
    Substitute: Any dry sparkling wine
  • 1 1/2 ozGinger Ale
    Ginger ale, not soda; the warmth is the point

Instructions

  1. Fill a wine glass with ice
  2. Add 1 oz Amaro Tosolini and 1 1/2 oz cold prosecco
  3. Top with 1 1/2 oz ginger ale

    Ginger ale rather than soda; the warmth is doing the work

  4. Express an orange zest over the surface

Technique Notes

Ginger ale rather than soda, and it is doing a specific job. Amaro Tosolini carries marine wormwood from the Venetian lagoon, which is saline and slightly bitter on its own; ginger gives that a warm edge to push against where plain soda would just thin it.

Why the Spritz Med Works

Most spritzes set a sweet red bitter against a dry sparkling wine and stop there. This one has a saline, herbal amaro instead, so the sweetness has to come from somewhere else, and ginger ale supplies it with a warm edge that keeps the drink from tasting merely briny.