White Wine
White wine is fermented from light-coloured grapes without skin contact, producing a lighter-bodied, more acidic drink than red wine, typically with citrus or orchard-fruit notes. Dry styles are most common in cocktail use. It adds crisp acidity and lightness to wine-based mixed drinks and spritzes.
Common uses
- base for wine-based spritzes
- adds acidity and lightness to built cocktails
Buying & storage
A few days: Oxidises within days of opening, faster than any fortified wine, and a spritz made from a tired bottle tastes of nothing but its mixer.
Buying: a dry, crisp style like Sauvignon Blanc or Pinot Grigio is the most versatile choice for mixing
Storage: refrigerate after opening and use within 3-5 days, as it oxidizes once open
Before it goes
Use up white wine
Ranked by how much of it each drink uses and how little else it needs — the ones at the top will not send you back to the shop.
- Kir
Uses 135ml. Also needs crème de cassis.
- Wine Spritzer
Uses 120ml. Also needs soda water.
- Bicicletta
Uses 60ml. Also needs campari, soda water.
Recipes
Cocktails containing this ingredient
Stand-in
Where white wine is a recommended substitute
Recipes that name it as a swap for something else, with what it replaces.
- Kir Royalein place of champagne or dry sparkling wine
- Sangriain place of red wine
Swap it
Possible substitutions
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