Red Wine and Coke

Dennis the Stone

I know I'll probably get eaten alive for posting this where people know about wine..

I never liked wine until someone suggested mixing it with coke. Cabernet Sauvignon mixed with coke how could anything taste that nice!!? Never going back to pissy beer, I don't seem to get any hangover either!

DaBreno

Interesting! How much of each would you pour in a glass?

r3nu4l

While I've not tried it I have heard of people doing it. I would imagine that like with mulled wine, only a cheap bottle of plonk should be subjected to this treatment

I won't try it myself...I don't drink Coke

rediguana

I think there was a craze for doing this among young French drinkers for a time. I wouldn't do it myself, I hate coke.

If I'm going clubbing, I'll have vodka and tap water. It doesn't get any purer than that (except maybe water by itself). Anyway, it doesn't give any hangover, aside from an occasional spititual one brought about by some drunken malfeasance.

My mam puts ice in her white wine, though she's hardly an arbiter of good taste.

Sometimes, when I'm ordering Indian food from Bombay Pantry, I'll order extra and have it the next day for my breakfast. I won't even heat it up, I'll just leave it overnight in the oven.

Fak it, whatever makes you happy

is_that_so

They drink it in Spain. It's surprisingly drinkable but I am not a fan personally. AFAIR it's a glass of wine to bottle of Coke- like a mixer.

Adeptus Titanicus

It's popular in some parts of Germany too. At least my sister-in-law (a twenty-something german) drinks it. I've also seen beer and coke mixed, in a can! :eek:

Tazz T

yeah, very popular among the young 'uns in Catalonia - it's all they seem to drink. They call it a Calimocho.

noby

It's called a calimocho. Popular in Spain. Basque region I think.
It's a good refreshing summer-time drink. 50/50 plonk and cola, and plenty of ice. A simplified sanghria, I guess.



[edit: Tazz obviously types faster!]

Blisterman

Tried it a few years ago, after discovering white wine and sprite tasted pretty good. It was pretty disgusting.

Dennis the Stone

you know the weird thing, i couldn't drink a glass of coke on its own.. or a glass of wine.. but if i mix them it's dangerously nice. about a glass of wine and then just pour on a bit more coke.. the nicest is long mountain cab sauvignon with coke try it some time and you might be surprised! maybe its just me though

Owen

It's called Jesus Juice!

NextSteps

I had this on a language exchange in Austria, all I can remember is throwing up in my exchange person's boyfriend's grandmother's lamp. My first 'never drinking again' moment.

I wouldn't reccommend it, personally.

rugbug86

red wine and fanta lemon with lots of ice - tinto de verano and its SUPER!

Adeptus Titanicus

I found out what they call it Germany: Korea

When I googled it I found this: http://nacho.cps.unizar.es/EddieTheWild/Kalimotxo/
Some variations on the "recipe" there too

supergrip

Don't they also call it Diesel there? Went out with a German burd for a while and she told me about it. Never tried it tbh.

Adeptus Titanicus

Probably depends on the region. My "in laws" are from down in the south west. I think I tried it, and I thik it was ok, but the memory is very fuzzy

funktastic

I drank it with polish girls, it seems to be popular over there. Kinda mulled wine tasting.

jabberwock

very common in some souh american countries, espesially chile. surprise surprise.

or just red wine out of the fridge. nice and chilled. odd place SAmerica

noby

Not that odd. Sherry in spain is chilled; and they should know. It was the English who decided to drink it at room temperature from the quant little glasses.

m_stan

UB wrote:

...all I can remember is throwing up in my exchange person's boyfriend's grandmother's lamp. ...

lamp or lap ? not sure which is the funniest - probably lamp !

BaZmO*

Worked in a bar in town for a while and it was very popular with Spanish and South American peeps. Never tried it though, would feel that I was ruining a good glass of wine.

Mojito

I remember when I was in Spain when I was a kid they used to mix red wine with lemonade and give it to the children, that was 20 years ago. My parents have been doing it for years as well. It's not that bad and doesn't mean you stop drinking wine on its own. Just a different drink.

noby

That's the thing, though: it doesn't have to be a good glass of wine. It's just a refreshing drink fo r a hot summer's day. A simplified sangria, if you like.

Dennis the Stone

yeah a 6.99 wine with coke is fine, suits me!

ferdi

and will it get you merry or do you just fill up with gas and have to stop drinkin?

Dennis the Stone

gets you nice and merry. and even if you switch to beer after you go out, your hangover won't be as bad in the morning

Imposter

They call is Cola rot (Cola red) and Cola weiss (Cola white) here in Austria. A lot of the kids drink it.

Zebra3

Kemos wrote:

you know the weird thing, i couldn't drink a glass of coke on its own.. or a glass of wine.. but if i mix them it's dangerously nice.

Ditto!

Seen them pull pints of the stuff in Bilbao. Taps with red wine and cola right beside each other so the glass fits under both taps at the same time.

Padjo1981

Coke in wine is big in Austria, Cola roth or cola wise. THey are also big into spritzers we used to sell as many as we did pints

eldeabroad

Zebra3 wrote: »

Ditto!

Seen them pull pints of the stuff in Bilbao. Taps with red wine and cola right beside each other so the glass fits under both taps at the same time.

...yeah Im living very close to Bilbao and its called Kalimotxo here, not calimocho... the wine used must be of poor quality ie: the cheapest there is (here a litre for about 60c) is mixed in equal quantities with coca cola NOT pepsi for the best taste - very cold its lovely, warm its disgusting.

I have a bar:cool: and I sell quite a lot of it. Oh yeah the wine that we use in the bars is 13% in the shops its 11% those 2 degrees mean an awful lot - the 13% tasting a lot better - less bitter than the homemade version....