{"id":9009,"date":"2022-01-07T08:35:57","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T06:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viikonviini.fi\/aperitifs-for-different-occasions\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T11:27:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T08:27:29","slug":"aperitifs-for-different-occasions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/viikonviini.fi\/en\/aperitifs-for-different-occasions\/","title":{"rendered":"Aperitifs for Different Occasions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What is an aperitif? A drink is often served at the start of a meal, also called an aperitif. Its purpose is to stimulate the appetite while waiting for the food to arrive. Aperitifs are also known as before dinner<\/em> drinks. Traditional aperitifs include dry sparkling wines in addition to actual cocktails. <\/p>\n\n

Shorter drinks can also be used as aperitifs: we’re familiar with snaps, or food shots<\/em>, which kick off many crayfish parties \u2013 accompanied by traditional drinking songs like Helan g\u00e5r<\/em>, of course!<\/p>\n\n

What kind of drink works as an aperitif?<\/h3>\n\n

An aperitif served before a meal should be dry, as something sweet might fill you up and take away your budding appetite.<\/p>\n\n

Welcome toasts familiar from graduations and celebrations are a bit different from aperitifs that prepare you for a meal. Welcome toasts are for clinking glasses with guests and serve as social drinks, so they can be sweeter than actual aperitifs. <\/p>\n\n

Different occasions and purposes call for different aperitifs. The season is also worth keeping in mind when choosing a suitable aperitif. What kind of aperitif should you consider this time? <\/p>\n\n

For aperitifs that prepare you for a meal, bitter<\/em> flavors and dry wines work particularly well, so try Crispy W2<\/strong><\/a>, <\/strong>Ginger Vodka Tonic<\/strong><\/a> or Rose B&G By My Ginger<\/strong><\/a>. <\/strong>In fall and winter, you can customize aperitifs to suit the season by flavoring them with cinnamon and apple, for example.<\/p>\n\n

What aperitif would be a hit especially in spring and summer? Stylish spritzes familiar from terraces always hit the mark. The key ingredient in spritzes is the bright orange Italian orange-herb aperitif ArtSpritz<\/strong><\/a>. Its bitter taste nicely stimulates the appetite, and with ArtSpritz<\/strong><\/a> it’s easy to create a spritz cocktail to your taste using just a couple of ingredients. We recommend, for example, the signature drink ArtSpritz<\/strong><\/a>, the Mediterranean Mediterranean Spritz<\/strong><\/a> or even F***ed up Mule<\/strong><\/a>, which includes ginger beer. <\/p>\n\n

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Sparkling wines are aperitif classics<\/h3>\n\n

Or does it feel like aperitifs take too much time and dinner is about to start any minute now? No worries \u2013 below you’ll find a few recommendations for sparkling wines that work particularly well as aperitifs or welcome toasts. <\/p>\n\n

For aperitifs to stimulate the appetite, we especially recommend the following sparkling wines, which are dry or extra dry: Crudo Prosecco<\/strong><\/a>, Katse Brut<\/strong><\/a> and Par\u00e9s Balt\u00e0 Brut b.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n

For welcome toasts and socializing, slightly sweeter wines also work if desired. For example, Italian Tosti offers a semi-sweet (Tosti Butterfly Demi Sec<\/strong><\/a>) and sweet (Tosti Asti Dolce<\/strong><\/a>) sparkling wine in addition to the dry (Tosti Prosecco Extra Dry<\/strong><\/a>). Choose yours! <\/p>\n\n

Then just chill well, pop enthusiastically and serve in beautiful sparkling wine glasses. Cheers! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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