Basque Tables

drink

Kalimotxo

Red wine and cola, half and half, over ice. The festival drink.

Bottle of calimotxo (Lidl)
Bottle of calimotxo (Lidl)
ECardenal · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Commons
Root
kali + motxo — the origin of the name is disputed (Euskara)tradition

Note

Unlike the Picon Punch, this one is drunk in the Basque Country too — it is said to have been mixed at a Basque festival in the 1970s.

Pictures

Porrón 1.jpg
Porrón 1.jpg
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Kin

Picon PunchPicon Punchdrinkthe other Basque American drink, and the one that stayed hereJoaldun is a traditional carnival character the the Basque Country that wears fur and cow bells to ward off evil.Jaialdieventwhere it is poured by the thousand
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  • which rooms in this directory pour it, from each house's own drinks list
  • the 1970s origin story, which circulates without a source that tests it

Sources

Record provenance: tradition · confidence low · updated 2026-09-16