10 Healthy Summer Spritzers

6. Sour Cherry Summer Spritzer

Love the simplicity of  this cherry dotted beverage from Flavour Food and Wine.

Make It:

White wine, your choice
Club soda, or any sparkling water
Fresh sour cherries

In your favourite wine glass, fill about 2/3 of the way with your choice of crisp, white wine. Fill the rest with club soda and drop in as many sour cherries as you’d like. Ice cubes optional.

7. Plum-Blueberry Spritzers

This is the perfect bite…in drink form from All Four Burners.

Make It:

5 cups water
1 cup fresh ripe blueberries
3 ripe black plums, pitted and cut into eighths
8 dried bay leaves
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar (honey or truvia can be substituted!)

Add blueberries, plums, bay leaves and sugar to boiling water. Cover and let reduce on high heat, stirring occasionally, until the juice is reduced (about 20 minutes).  Strain the mixture though a fine sieve, pressing lightly with a spatula to extract the juice; reserve the bay leaves. Return the juice to the pan, add the reserved bay leaves and simmer over moderate heat until reduced to 2 cups, about 10 minutes. Discard the bay leaves; let the syrup cool. To serve, pour 2 tablespoons of the berry syrup into a Champagne flute and top with Champagne or sparkling wine.

8. Lemongrass and Blood Orange Wine Spritzer

Just as Kitchen Confidante described it…this is “grown up lemonade.”

Make It:

2 stalks lemongrass (plus extra for garnish, if desired)
2 cups water
1/2 cup sugar
ice cubes
2 cups Lemongrass Syrup
1/2 cup blood orange juice
white wine (Chardonnay or Pinot Grigio work well)
seltzer water