Spanish Recipe – Tinto de Verano
No… I know it isn’t summer yet… but enjoy an early taste of the sunshine with this favourite drink!
Tinto de verano translates to “summer wine”, and it was first introduced to us in Lanzarote at a BBQ. Oddly enough, not by a Spanish person… but an English excorcist (yes really!) called Rob. It’s a favourite of mine… but for some reason our Spanish hosts in Lanzarote used to think it hilarious to serve to me in bucket sized glasses!
Ingredients
- Equal amounts of red wine and lemonade (I actually prefer it made with a lemon/lime fizzy mix or “gaseosa”, a drink found in Spain)
- Plenty of ice
- Lemon slices
- Straw
- Cocktail brolly
- Sparklers
- Paper decorations
- Ok… you don’t need the last 4… but it’s nice to dress up a drink as special as this
Method
Well.. just put them all in the same glass and enjoy! Nice through a straw whilst watching the world go by outside your favourite bar.
Update: Since I typed this, I have had it with a dash of vermouth in (such as Martini Rosso). It makes all the difference!!!
Elle Draper
Elle, along with Alan, is the owner of Spain Buddy and the busy web design business - Gandy-Draper. Born a "Norverner", she then spent most of her life "Dann Saff" before moving to Spain in 2006. Elle's loves are Alan, the internet, their three bouncing dogs, good food, and dry white wine - although not necessarily in that order.
June 5, 2013 @ 7:23 pm
YUM. sounds delicious!!
June 5, 2013 @ 7:30 pm
Oh it is! You must have some. Elle x
June 6, 2013 @ 3:09 am
Yum indeed!!! Looks like the perfect refresher for summer.
June 6, 2013 @ 12:10 pm
Very refreshing Bethaney… especially with some ice and lemon… and maybe a sprig of mint (although that’s more British than Spanish). Elle x
June 6, 2013 @ 11:43 am
I’m more of a beer fan, but tinto is so easy to make and perfect when the summer heat gets to be too much!
June 6, 2013 @ 12:09 pm
Oh I do like a beer too. You’ve just reminded me we don’t have any in the fridge. Muct amend that later on x
June 7, 2013 @ 11:04 pm
Yum! I love Spain so I’ll take anything that will transport me back there…
June 10, 2013 @ 4:08 pm
It’s a nice simple one… so you can have a taste of Spain whenever you like it xx
June 9, 2013 @ 4:55 pm
I think I tried it before but I cannot remember! I gonna heading back to spain to try again!
June 10, 2013 @ 5:02 am
Every festive drink should have a cocktail brolly!
July 2, 2015 @ 2:35 pm
The real spanish name is: Tinto de Verano. :P
July 3, 2015 @ 5:15 pm
Quite right. Fixed! xx
July 2, 2015 @ 7:14 pm
I always thought a good tinto de verano had a dash of vermouth in it?
July 2, 2015 @ 7:55 pm
Absolutely right… as it says at the bottom of the article. Makes all the difference x