Modern
Kalimotxo
Basque 50/50
Basque working-class classic: equal parts young red wine and cola, over ice. The result reads as a spicy, fruit-forward drink that masks the wine's cheapness — which is exactly how it was invented in 1972 at the Getxo festival, when the wine turned out to be undrinkable.
Ingredients
- 3 oz Red Wine
- 3 oz Cola
Method
Fill a highball with ice. Pour red wine and cola in equal parts. Stir once. Drink immediately.
Sourced from Basque Country. Named in 1972 at the Puerto Viejo festival in Getxo (combination of creators' nicknames Kalimero and Motxongo), though the red-wine-plus-cola combination was regional practice from the 1920s onward. Canonical per Wikipedia, Imbibe, A Couple Cooks.