Your Mother's Spritz Recipe
A white-wine spritzer given a makeover: bergamot liqueur and grapefruit juice under grapefruit soda — light, perfumed and gently bitter.
- Category: Popular
- Glass: Wine glass
- ABV: 8%
- Difficulty: Easy
Ingredients
- White wine60 ml (2 oz)
- Bergamot liqueur30 ml (1 oz)
- Grapefruit juice15 ml (0.5 oz)
- Grapefruit soda60 ml (2 oz)
How to Make It
- Fill a wine glass with ice.
- Add the white wine, bergamot liqueur and grapefruit juice.
- Top with grapefruit soda and stir gently.
- Garnish with a dehydrated grapefruit wheel.
Garnish
Dehydrated grapefruit wheel
What it tastes like
It smells of lemon and lime peel, it carries a floral top note, it is carbonated, it drinks cool and easy and it is low in alcohol.
The technique
Built in the glass. Ice goes into the serving glass, the ingredients go on top, and you stir once if at all. Anything carbonated goes in LAST and never gets stirred; every turn of the spoon costs you bubbles. Fill the glass to the rim with ice: less ice melts faster, not slower.
Glass and ice
A stemmed wine glass. The big bowl leaves room for ice and fruit, and gives the aroma somewhere to gather.
Ingredient notes and substitutes
- Bergamot liqueur
- Bergamot liqueur, such as Italicus. It is the same citrus note you know from Earl Grey tea — floral and lightly bitter, and it is usually paired with sparkling wine.
- Grapefruit juice
- Grapefruit juice. Pink is sweet and soft, white is bitter and sharp — when a recipe does not say which, pink is the safer call.
The Story
The name nods to the old-fashioned white wine spritzer, here dressed up with an Italian bergamot rosolio.
Frequently asked questions
- How is a Your Mother's Spritz mixed?
- It is built in the glass and served in a wine glass.
- How strong is a Your Mother's Spritz?
- Roughly 8% ABV as served — lighter than a beer — a long-conversation drink that takes a second round.
- Can a Your Mother's Spritz be made without alcohol?
- Simply leaving the spirit out does not work — the body and the bitterness go with it. The 86 alcohol-free recipes in the catalogue are built to hit that balance from the start.
- Is a Your Mother's Spritz hard to make?
- Easy. No bar kit required — a measure, ice and a jar will do.
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