I did a summer abroad in Spain in lieu of taking Spanish 3 in college and recall fondly going to bars and being handed boda bags and porrons full of cheap red wine and coca cola. I remember thinking how weird that combination sounded at the time, but it was actually good (or at least I recall it that way as a young college kid). This reminds me that I should give it another go and see what I think now.
when i first visited croatia (almost 10 years ago) my wife’s family introduced me to bambus - a mixture of cheap red wine and cola. it was actually refreshing. although i much preferred gemist - a mixture of white wine and sparkling water (only jamnica of course).
In my younger days we used to make a cocktail of 2 parts zinfandel to 1 part Orangina over crushed ice, stolen from the Fanta-based version I’d tried in Spain. Plenty delicious.
I enjoy a soda with my Culver’s Butter Burger but did not want to risk sneaking in wine to the fast food restaurant tonight to mix it with it. I highly recommend Culver’s Root Beer straight.