The recipe
- 1 ozCampari30 ml
- 1 ozSweet vermouth30 ml
- 1 ozSpumante or other dry sparkling wine30 ml
How to make it
- 1Put one large ice cube in a big goblet.
- 2Pour in the Campari and vermouth, top with the sparkling wine and stir gently.
Garnish: An orange slice.
Bar Basso pours it by thirds into an oversized goblet; the numbers here use an ounce of each.
The ratio
1 : 1 : 1
In parts, a Negroni Sbagliato is 1 Campari, 1 vermouth and 1 bubbles. Change one part and you have a cousin; the closest are below.
Built the same way
Head to head
More Negronis & Spritzes
- Boulevardier — A Negroni with whiskey in place of gin: warmer, rounder and a little less bitter.
- Cardinale — Gin and dry vermouth with a measure of Campari: a dry, pale-red cousin of the Negroni.
- Enzoni — Gin shaken with muddled white grapes, lemon and a little Campari: a fruity, gently bitter sour served over a big cube.
- Garibaldi — Campari and fresh orange juice over ice. Bittersweet, juicy and light.
- Rome with a View — Campari and dry vermouth shaken with lime and sugar, then lengthened with soda: a sour, low-alcohol Americano.
- Spritz — Prosecco and Aperol with a splash of soda over ice. Bittersweet, bubbly and light.