A Spritz is a Venetian wine-based cocktail, commonly served as an aperitif in Northeast Italy. It consists of prosecco, digestive bitters and soda water.
The original Spritz Veneziano uses Select as bitters and was created in Venice in 1920. Popular variants are Spritz al Campari which uses Campari and Aperol Spritz which uses Aperol as bitters.
Since 2011 Spritz is an IBA official cocktail, initially listed as “Spritz Veneziano” then simply as “Spritz”.
The Spritz became widely popular outside of Italy around 2018 and Aperol Spritz was ranked as the world's ninth bestselling cocktail in 2019 by the website Drinks International.