Kalimotxo

The kalimotxo^[1] (Basque pronunciation: [ka.li.mo.tʃo]) or calimocho^[2] (Spanish pronunciation: [ka.li.ˈmo.tʃo]) is a drink consisting of equal parts red wine and a cola-based soft drink.^[3][4]

Kalimotxo

A porrón with kalimotxo and the used bottle of 1983 vintage wine.
Ingredients	One part red wine One part cola or another carbonated soft drink
Base spirit	Wine
Standard drinkware	katxi [es]
Served	On the rocks: poured over ice
Preparation	Stir together over plenty of ice.

Origin

Red wine and cola were combined in Basque Country as early as the 1920s, but Coca-Cola was not widely available. That changed in 1953, when the first Coca-Cola factory opened in Spain. The combination was given various names, until 1972 when its mass usage at a festival in Algorta, Biscay led to it being christened the kalimotxo,^[1] a playful combination of the two creators' nicknames, Kalimero and Motxongo.^[5]

It has since become a classic of the Basque Country region^[6] and in the rest of Spain in large part due to its simple mixture, accessibility of ingredients, and low cost.^[7]

Other countries

The same mixture has different names in several countries:^[8]

• Bambus (bamboo) — Croatia, Serbia^{[citation needed]}, North Macedonia^{[citation needed]}, and other Balkan countries^{[citation needed]}
• Bennfiss — Ivory Coast^{[citation needed]}
• Cátembe — Mozambique^{[citation needed]}
• Fetzy — Upper Austria^{[citation needed]}
• Houba (mushroom) — Czech Republic^{[citation needed]}
• Jesus Juice — Argentina
• Jote (black vulture) — Chile
• Katemba — South Africa
• Vadász (hunter) — Hungary^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Fernet con coca
• Sangria
• Terremoto
• Tinto de verano