Similar concoctions using red wine include "pitilingorri" or "caliguay" (50% white wine and 50% lemon-flavored soft drink), (see spritzer); "pitilin gorri" (50% red wine and 50% orange soda).
It is often mixed with water to make spritzer.
There are dozens of different types of spritzer.
The controversy was reignited in 2003 when he was spotted openly drinking white wine spritzers.
