Recipe

• 2 parts Campari

• 2 parts sparkling white wine

• 1 part tonic water (or soda water)

Fill a wine glass with ice, pour in all ingredients, and give it a quick stir.

I thought spritz was only made with Aperol.

How wrong I was.

An excellent cocktail-making friend of mine told me she was having a spritz one evening in lockdown, and mentioned that she'd used Campari. Surprised, I asked if that was something you can do, and she replied that not only is it normal, but that in Italy when you ask for a spritz, they ask you "Aperol or Campari?"

Well, I had to try it myself, and I was delighted with the result. I've tried a Campari and tonic before, but the prosecco gives this a much richer and more summery flavour – delicious! And compared to Aperol, it's of course much more bitter and powerful, in a very good way!

I used tonic water here because I'd run out of soda water. In those quantities there's not much difference, but this is a little sweeter than the soda version would be.