Schorle denotation (also as family name) and as a term to refer to the beverage-muddle. Schorle made with fruit juice is subject to the order on the regulation of fruit and soft drinks (cf. ). Wine is the basis of "„wine schorle“" or "“wine spritzer“". Preferred wine varieties are Riesling (Riesling schorle / Riesling spritzer), Blauer Portugieser, vin gris, Müller-Thurgau, Silvaner or other red wine. Depending on what the wine is mixed with, a wine schorle is called “sour” when it is prepared with carbonated water, “sweet” when prepared with carbonated lemonade, or also “sweet and sour” when made with both
Rioja (wine) Rioja (wine) Rioja [] is a wine region in Spain, with "Denominación de Origen Calificada" (D.O.Ca., "Qualified Designation of Origin"). Rioja wine is made from grapes grown in the autonomous communities of La Rioja and Navarre, and the Basque province of Álava. Rioja is further subdivided into three zones: Rioja Alta, Rioja Baja and Rioja Alavesa. Many wines have traditionally blended fruit from all three regions, though there is a slow growth in single-zone wines. The harvesting of wine in La Rioja has an ancient lineage with origins dating back to the Phoenicians and the Celtiberians. The earliest written evidence