Claret and Seltzer

Cocktail Boothby's American Bar-Tender by Wm. T. Boothby (1891, p.39)

1. Place a piece of ice in a long thin glass.
2. Fill with half claret and half syphon seltzer.

Ice: Cube ice

This is useful because it preserves plain wine-lengthening service as a first-class bar drink.

Its identity lies in extreme simplicity and proportion rather than in decorative handling.