White Wine Spritzer with Fruit is an easy summer cocktail made with just white wine and tonic water, and dressed up with the summer fruit of your choosing! It's light and refreshing, making it the perfect drink for all your warm weather gatherings!
This post was originally published in July 2019 and has been updated with some new text, photos and helpful tips for readers.
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I'm declaring this white wine spritzer the drink of summer!
Okay, it's the drink of my summer but I feel like this easy spritzer should be the drink of everyone's summer. It's so easy, I actually hesitated to share this as a recipe. But white wine and tonic water with summer fruit is such a fun and versatile cocktail, I just had to share it with you.
I'm including two versions here today - one with sliced peaches and cherries and the other with sliced strawberries and blueberries.
But you can change up the recipe to use almost any fruit you have on hand.
How to make a wine spritzer with fruit
- Fill two large wine glasses about half full with ice.
- Add the summer fruit of your choice such as blueberries, strawberries, peaches or cherries.
- Pour three ounces of white wine into each glass and top off with about one ounce of tonic water (or more if you desire).
- Stir and enjoy!
What type of wine is best for a white wine spritzer?
I like to use a pinot grigio or sauvignon blanc, which are both light, dry and not overly sweet. You can go with a chardonnay but I find them a bit heavy and rich.
If you like your cocktails sweeter, you can always go with a riesling or a moscato.
What can I mix with wine to make a white wine spritzer?
Typically, white wine is paired with club soda or sparkling water to create a wine spritzer.
You can also make a wine spritzer with sprite, 7-up or ginger ale, but it will create a much sweeter cocktail.
For this recipe, I went for the middle ground and used tonic water, which is similar to club soda in that it's carbonated water with minerals. However, tonic water is sweetened and it has a slightly bitter taste, giving it a unique flavour.
To change things up, you can also use kombucha as your sparkling beverage of choice. Kombucha is a naturally effervescent fermented tea, so it will add spritz to your wine spritzer, as well as flavour and sweetness.
Fruit variations
- Sliced peaches and rainier cherries work beautifully to make a stone fruit wine spritzer. You can also try using nectarines, plums or apricots.
- One of my favourite versions is with blueberries and strawberries, which also happens to be perfect for your Fourth of July celebrations.
- For Canada Day, I love serving this one up with raspberries and sweet red cherries.
- And for a refreshing citrus twist, I suggest making these cocktails with lemon, lime or orange wedges.
Additional tips
- This definitely goes against how I usually drink white wine, but for a spritzer, use lots of ice. And to keep it refreshing, make sure your wine and tonic water are cold too.
- While the suggested ratio of wine to tonic water is 3:1, you can change this up to suit your tastes.
- You can prepare these spritzers in single servings, or mix a large batch in a pitcher. Just use the ratio of three parts wine and one part tonic water. I recommend leaving the fruit out of the pitcher and just adding it to the glasses when you serve them.
- Leftover spritzer will go flat, so if you don't think you and your guests will get through an entire pitcher, it's best to make single servings of this cocktail.
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📖 Recipe
White Wine Spritzer with Fruit
Ingredients
- ice cubes
- summer fruit, see note
- 6 ounces white wine, (pinot grigio or sauvignon blanc)
- 2 ounces tonic water
Instructions
- Add ice to two large wine glasses (about half full) and top with fruit of your choice.
- Pour equal amounts of wine into each glass and top off with tonic water.
- Stir and enjoy!
Notes
- Summer fruit can include sliced peaches, cherries or strawberries and/or whole blueberries, raspberries or blackberries.
- In terms of quantity, use as much fruit as you like. For two cocktails, I usually use about one peach and 10 cherries.
- For the most refreshing cocktail, use lots of ice and make sure your wine and tonic water are cold.
- While the suggested ratio of wine to tonic water is 3:1, you can change this up to suit your tastes.
- If you like your spritzers sweeter, you can use a riesling or moscato wine.
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Nutrition Facts per Serving
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Nutrition information is an estimate only and will vary depending on the substitutions made and the brands used.
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Tasia ~ two sugar bugs says
This white wine spritzer is perfect for summer! I love how gorgeous the fruit looks and I'm sure it gets rather tasty soaking in the wine too! Thank you for another great idea Leanne!
Leanne says
Oh yes, the fruit in the bottom of the glass is quite tasty! 😉 Thanks Tasia!
Katerina | Once a Foodie says
Mmmm, I'd love this to be the drink of my summer too! I love both the berry and peach versions and can just imagine myself drinking this on warm evening nights, relaxing. I will try it with some delicious sweet moscato when the weather warms up here again. Thanks for the inspiration, Leanne!
Leanne says
Thanks Katerina! It's definitely nice for sipping on a warm summer day!
annie@ciaochowbambina says
This sounds and looks perfect! My summer sips just got an upgrade!!
Leanne says
Thanks Annie!
Milena says
I am so sold on the peach version! Very, very refreshing. Cheers to summer!
Leanne says
Thanks Milena! Cheers!
Marissa says
White wine spritzers are such a perfect cocktail for hot summer days! Yours are beautiful, Leanne! Endless options with all of the wonderful fruits and berries of summer.
Leanne says
Thanks Marissa! Definitely perfect for the summer heat. Wishing I was sipping on one right now!
Katherine | Love In My Oven says
I need to comment again because wow, these look so good Leanne! I would be a big fan of this drink in the summer. I might have to make a batch ahead of time and take it camping! 😉
Leanne says
Thanks Katherine! It would go well with that salsa you posted today! 😉
Alex says
This can definitely be the drink of the Summer, Leanne! Delicious - I love the fruit, what a lovely added boost of flavour it gives. Cheers!
Leanne says
Thanks Alex! Definitely adds extra flavour!
marcie says
This cocktail looks so perfectly refreshing, not to mention beautiful with all of that stone fruit! I could sip this all summer long!
Leanne says
Thanks Marcie! It's definitely one to sip all summer!
Colleen says
This for sure could be called the drink of summer. What says summer more than peaches and cherries? I'm going to make this this weekend with local fruit. Thanks for sharing!
Leanne says
Thanks Colleen! Hope you had a chance to make it!
Tasia ~ TwoSugarBugs says
This is such a pretty summer drink! I always love stone fruit and white wine just seems right in the summer months. I'll have to fix one of these up for the next warm summer night!
Leanne says
Sipping them on a warm summer night is the best! Thanks Tasia!
Matt - Total Feasts says
That sounds very refreshing! I have to admit, I’ve never actually had a spritzer before, but it does sound delicious. Also, I’m with you on the Fever-Tree. Their products are excellent, they make a ginger beer which is awesome with for Moscow Mules!
Leanne says
Thanks Matt! I've had their ginger beer too and used it in mules! So good!
Haylie / Our Balanced Bowl says
Leanne, this is honestly the perfect Summer drink! I love the added peaches and raininer cherries are my FAVORITE type of cherry! So sweet and juicy! I'm sure I could definitely drink one (or three) of these LOL!
Leanne says
Rainier cherries are so hard to come by, so when I found them, I just had to get them! Thanks Haylie!
Kelsie | the itsy-bitsy kitchen says
This is such a pretty drink and it looks so wonderfully refreshing! I love anything with peaches and cherries so I'm going to have to whip this up soon! Have a great weekend, Leanne!
Leanne says
Thanks Kelsie! Hope you're having a great summer!
Heidi | The Frugal Girls says
Tasty... and such a pretty drink, too!
Leanne says
Thanks Heidi!
Katherine | Love In My Oven says
I wish we could sit in a backyard together and cheers with one of these!! It looks SO refreshing. Perfect for summer!! I'm off to a camping weekend with my fam so I could use one or two of these! Haha
Leanne says
Thanks Katherine! That would be lovely! Maybe another summer we'll get the chance!
Mary Ann | The Beach House Kitchen says
I love white wine spritzers Leanne. delicious fruit addition. So refreshing for summer!
Leanne says
Thanks Mary Ann!
Jennifer @ Seasons and Suppers says
I think this should be my drink of Summer, too! Absolutely love wine spritzers and peach is just perfection 🙂
Leanne says
Thanks Jennifer!
Dawn - Girl Heart Food says
I remember this one from your IG! Whenever I hear white wine spritzer' I think of an old Simpson's episode, lol. I can definitely get behind this as the drink of summer....so refreshing and love the stone fruit in there...gotta enjoy it while it lasts, right? With a sunny weekend coming up one of these is definitely in order 🙂
Leanne says
Thanks Dawn! Luckily we've had a few nice days around here to enjoy cocktails like this! 😉