Latitude 42 Vodka · Recipe 01
The Latitude Spritz
Sun on the meridian. Bubbles in the glass.
Ingredients
- 40 ml Latitude 42 Vodka
- 20 ml Aperol
- 25 ml fresh pink grapefruit juice
- 60 ml dry Prosecco
- 30 ml soda water
Method
Build. Serve in a Large wine glass. Garnish with Grapefruit wheel + rosemary sprig.
Prosecco: dry and well-chilled. Aperol for its citrus-bitter brightness over Campari's depth.
The story
The Aperol Spritz became a global phenomenon not because it was the best drink in the room, but because it was the best drink for the moment — golden hour, outdoor table, no decisions left to make. Hugo Gerhard's early-twentieth-century invention of Aperol in Padua was designed for precisely this kind of low-commitment drinking. This version gives the spritz a vodka spine and swaps the orange juice common in many modern spritzes for pink grapefruit, which does three things: it sharpens the Aperol's sweetness, adds a bitter-citrus layer, and turns the glass a colour you want to photograph.
Tasting note
Bittersweet and blush-pink, effervescent without being frivolous. The grapefruit cuts Aperol's sweetness in half; the vodka gives the drink a body that tonic-based spritzes lack.