IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY...

...ringing through the streets of Córdoba were calls for “un Vargas” in El Brillante. In El Brillante was an establishment where guitaristas, artists, and bohemians all found refuge and respite from the beating sun, at the hands of their host Federico Vargas. Vargas found a way to take the heat off for his patrons with a drink that was a mix of a red wine and lemon soda pop which soon came to be known as: “Tinto de Verano” or Red Wine of the Summer.  A legacy began in El Brillante that spread like wildfire through Spain. Tinto de Verano became a household name and synonymous with feeling refreshed and cool in the Spanish Sun