Palatinate (wine region) area in 2008, were: Unlike most other German wine regions, wine is not only served straight, but is also mixed with sparkling water to make up a popular refreshing drink called "Schorle", a term that also describes juice, mixed with water. Every wine making city or village has its own "Weinfest" (wine festival) once a year, dedicated to drinking the local wines. On such occasions, wine is normally consumed as "Schorle". It is traditionally served in 50cl glasses called "Schoppen" (meaning 1/2 litre) as well as in the typical 25cl ones called "Viertel" ("quarter", for 1/4 litre). They are of
Schorle often used as a derogatory term for a person in Eastern Austria. In Switzerland, a "Gespritzter" is white wine mixed with either mineral water (a "Sauergespritzter", or sour spritzer) or with lemonade (a "Süßgespritzter", or sweet spritzer). The various mixtures of (generally dry) wine and sparkling mineral water also have a long tradition and are very popular in Hungary. They are generally called "fröccs" ("spritzers") but the numerous variations (with wine and water in differing ratios) have various imaginative names in Hungarian. Derived from Austrian "Gespritzten", "Spritz" (or "Spriz", "Spriss" or "Sprisseto") is also drunk in Italy. In the former