Wine cocktail

A wine cocktail is a mixed drink, similar to a true cocktail. It is made predominantly with wine (including Champagne and Prosecco), into which distilled alcohol or other drink mixer is combined. A spritz is a drink that has Prosecco added to it.

The distinction between a wine cocktail and a cocktail with wine is the relative amounts of the various alcohols. In a wine cocktail, the wine product is the primary alcohol by volume compared to the distilled alcohol or mixer.

Wine variation cocktails
The following drinks are not technically cocktails unless wine is secondary by volume to a distilled beverage, since wine is a fermented beverage not a distilled one.


 * Agua de Valencia
 * Black Velvet
 * Death in the Afternoon
 * Flirtini
 * Prince of Wales
 * Sangria
 * Mulled wine (Glögg)
 * Wine cooler
 * One-Balled Dictator — 5 parts German Liebfraumilch, 1 part French Champagne, briefly but violently shaken, then poured into a rocks glass containing one candy cinnamon ball. This produces a very white drink, to which much symbolism was applied by British WWII veterans as related in the lyrics of a crude song "Hitler Has Only Got One Ball"

Sparkling wine cocktails

 * Bellini
 * Hugo

Champagne cocktails

 * Buck's Fizz
 * Mimosa
 * Kir Royal
 * Ruby Dutchess
 * Chicago Cocktail
 * French 75
 * Golden Doublet
 * Savoy Affair

Red wine cocktails

 * Kalimotxo or Calimocho or Rioja Libre
 * Tinto de Verano
 * Zurracapote
 * Borgoña

Port cocktails

 * Cheeky Vimto

White wine cocktails

 * Kir
 * Spritzer
 * Rocky Mountain Railway — 1 part tomato juice, 1 part lemon soft drink, 1 part white wine