Schorle

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Schorle is a German beverage made from diluting juice or wine with lightly carbonated water. Bottles of the stuff can be found at most grocers next to the soda. Thanks to being only lightly carbonated it is less fizzy and hard on the teeth than soda, and thanks to being diluted it is less sweet or alcoholic than the original beverage, making it well suited for refreshment on hot summer days or as an alternative to beer at the biergarten or weinstube. To make one yourself, first add half seltzer in a high glass and then half juice or sweet wine. Only in the palatinate, a state of germany where a lot of wine is cultivated, it consists of 1/3 water and 2/3 wine. Also known as a "Wine Cooler"

The name "Schorle" comes from the French toast, "Toujour l'amour," which was popular in Germany in the 19th century. The Germans, however, pronounced it sloppily, and it became "Schorlemorle" then was shortened to simply "Schorle."