I don’t know how the weather has been lately wherever you’re reading this, but here, we’ve been having some really hot temperatures since more than a week ago. I am sure you’ve come across the news saying Canada has reached almost 50 °C or which is the same 122 °F … and some still say climate change isn’t a thing. But, we aren’t here to discuss any of that. For me, Summer is a synonym for getting together with friends to enjoy a beer, a cocktail, or a tinto de verano -the Spanish wine cocktail. When I was a child and it was warm outside, Sunday lunch meant going out to a restaurant as a family. My parents would ask for sangria or clerico even. I was curious, and yes, I might have asked for it as well, but I became more fond of the tinto de verano as I grew older. Now, at home, we prepare it whenever we find a good excuse, meaning, every time we want a fresh frisky drink that doesn’t require a lot of effort for hot summer days. This is the version we serve at home and it takes less than 5 minutes to prepare.
Tinto de verano
Equipment
- Chopping board
- Pairing knife
- Lemon Juicer
- Corkscrew
- Spoon
- 2-liter pitcher (2.1 quarts)
Ingredients
- 1 bottle red wine (750 ml)
- 2 limes
- 2 cans lemon-lime soda (I like Sprite Zero)
- Ice cubes
Instructions
- Wash limes very well and cut them in half. Juice them in the pitcher and leave the juiced halves in the pitcher as well.
- Add two cans of lemon-lime soda, i.e. about 700 ml. (about 23 oz.)
- Pour the bottle of wine in the pitcher.
- Add a generous amount of ice cubes.
- Mix with the spoon and serve.
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