What additional ingredient is typically added to a Wine Cooler besides wine?

A Wine Cooler is traditionally a refreshing and fruity beverage that combines wine with a carbonated or flavored mixer to enhance its taste. The common practice is to mix wine with a sweeter, bubbly ingredient, which adds both flavor and fizziness to the drink.

7-Up, being a lemon-lime soda, complements the wine by contributing sweetness and a refreshing citrus flavor, making it a popular choice in creating a Wine Cooler. This ingredient helps balance the acidity of the wine and provides a light, effervescent quality that is desirable in such a beverage.

While club soda could also be used to add fizz without additional sweetness, the characteristic flavor of a Wine Cooler leans more towards the fruity and sweet profile, which is better matched by a soda like 7-Up. Other options like cranberry juice and lemonade contribute different flavors and do not traditionally align with the classic Wine Cooler formulation.