Though Aperol itself didn’t come into being until 1919, the idea of a spritz has been around for much longer. The name appears to trace back to the 1800s in when portions of the Veneto region of northern Italy were controlled by the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Visitors and soldier from other parts of the empire were said to have found Italian wines too strong and so lightened them with a splash (a “spritz,” in German) of water.
Cava or Prosecco, Apperol, Sprite, Orange Juice, Salt, Ice.
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