About Barcelona Spain » calimocho http://www.debarcelona.org About De Barcelona, Fc Barcelona, Tips for Sightseeing, Bars and Clubs, travel information, advice, hotels, reviews and more. Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:22:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Tinto de verano http://www.debarcelona.org/tinto-de-verano.html http://www.debarcelona.org/tinto-de-verano.html#comments Thu, 22 May 2008 11:50:13 +0000 admin http://www.debarcelona.org/?p=40 Continue reading →]]> tinto de veranoSummer’s coming and we want to drink something lighter. Admit it, you’ve got a case of 2-Buck Chuck in the closet and you’re wondering if it will cellar well until next fall. The Spanish have that one all figured out.
Tinto de verano: the red wine of summer. The term refers to a mixture of red wine with various carbonated beverages, spiked with lemon. Forget sangria; not only is tinto de verano a no-sweat version of this summer classic, but it’s also refreshingly delicious, and can be varied to suit one’s taste.
Beer gets the same treatment in Spain, mixed half-and-half with sparkling lemon soda – Fanta limon is preferred here – and the resulting mix christened a ‘clara.’ The term refers to the white of a raw egg, precisely the substance that a clara resembles, at least in color.
While you’re sipping a tinto de verano on a hot summer (or spring) day, you can remind yourself that you’re still getting your antioxidant quotient but cutting your alcohol consumption by half. Here are a couple of recipes.

TINTO DE VERANO

One-half liter of cheap red wine
One-half liter of sparkling lemon or lemon-lime soda, or tonic water, or sparkling mineral water
Dash of red Vermouth (to taste; optional)
One lemon, sliced

Mix ingredients and serve over ice.

CALIMOCHO

Pour half a glass of cheap red wine; top with Coca-Cola. Add lemon slices and ice and serve cold.

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