Kalimotxo
The Basque Country's beloved red wine and cola combination, a youthful party drink that sounds wrong but tastes surprisingly right.
- 1Fill a highball glass with ice cubes.
- 2Pour red wine over the ice.
- 3Top with cola.
- 4Gently stir to combine.
- 5Optionally garnish with a lemon wedge.
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Kalimotxo originated in the Basque Country in the 1970s at the Fiestas de Puerto Viejo in Getxo, where festival organizers mixed bad wine with cola to make it drinkable. The name combines the nicknames of its creators. Despite wine purists' objections, the drink spread throughout Spain and Latin America, becoming a fixture of fiestas, botellones (outdoor drinking gatherings), and festivals.
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