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Negroni Sbagliato

Bittersweet (e.g. Negroni) · Contemporary classic · Hall of Fame and must know/try

4.0 157 ratings

Ingredients

1 oz Rosso/sweet vermouth
1 oz Red bitter liqueur
2 oz Prosecco

How to make

Serve in a old-fashioned glass

Prepare

  1. 1 Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
  2. 2 Prepare garnish of orange slice wheel.

Method

  1. 3 POUR all ingredients into ice-filled glass.
  2. 4 Briefly STIR.

Garnish

  1. 5 Garnish with orange slice wheel.

Flavour profile

12.4% alc./vol. · 1.1 standard drinks · 158 calories

History

This lighter-styled Negroni has some bitterness but lacks the original's gin punch and character.

The name 'Sbagliato' is pronounced 'spal-yacht-oh' or perhaps more correctly 'sbal .. ee .. ah .. toe', meaning "bungled" or "mistaken" in Italian. This drink was created in the late 1980s by Mirko Stocchetti at his Bar Basso in Milan. The story goes that while making a Negroni, he mistakenly reached for a bottle of spumante instead of gin. Despite how unlikely the mistake sounds, it proved inspired, and Negroni Sbagliato cocktails are still served at Bar Basso today, always with spumante and not prosecco. Mirko passed away on the 10th of November 2016, but his family continues to run Bar Basso as a living museum of Milanese bar culture. If you visit Bar Basso, it is recommended to ask for your Sbagliato to be served in one of the enormous stemmed chalice glasses. While your cocktail may appear daunting, a giant rectangular ice cube will occupy much of the large glass. Mirko designed this chalice himself back in the 1980s and licensed the design to glassmakers WMF, which is why you will also see the same glasses used in many of Milan's other older bars. What had long been a cocktail known amongst bartenders became a social media sensation in 2022. This was thanks to a TikTok video posted by HBO to promote their House of the Dragon series, featuring actor Olivia Cooke asking co-star Emma D'Arcy, "What's your drink of choice?" The response was, "A Negroni Sbagliato...with prosecco in it." To be precise, a Negroni Sbagliato is properly made with spumante, not prosecco. This is a point of confusion because spumante is the Italian term for sparkling wine, and prosecco is a distinct style of sparkling wine. However, spumante is also a style of sparkling wine, with the most famous being Asti Spumante from Italy's Piemonte region. Spumante tends to be sweeter than Prosecco and is lower in alcohol strength, typically ranging from 6% to 10.5% alc./vol versus 9% to 11% alc./vol. Negroni cocktail history

Created by Mirko Stocchetti