IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY...

...ringing through the streets of Cordoba were calls for “un Vargas” at the Brilliante. The Brilliante 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 The Brilliante that spread like wildfire through Spain. Tinto de Verano became a household name and synonymous with feeling refreshed and cool in the Spanish Sun