Watered-Down Wine

It may sound funny to add water to wine, but it actually makes a very nice beverage. And watered-down wine is definitely more food-friendly than sweetened drinks or sodas. Obviously you don’t use fine wine to make it, but neither do you use absolute plonk. I prefer to use red wine in about a 50:50 ratio of wine to flat filtered water with the occasional ice cube. (If you use sparkling water, you will have made tinto de verano, a traditional Spanish drink, arguably better than any ver