The Origin of the Name

Nobody knows who combined red wine and coke for the first time. But almost everybody agree that the name "kalimotxo" was invented in by the group of friends called "Antzarrak" during the festivities of Algorta on August 12, 1972, 17:00, by mixing the name of two of their friends , Kalimero and Motxongo (other sources say that their friend Kalimero was quite ugly (motxo, in Basque).

In July 2004, people from invite me to write a chapter for their book "La Verdadera Historia del Kalimotxo" (The True Story of Kalimotxo). If you are interested, order your own copy of the book (unavailable currently). In May 11, 2006, the book was presented in an amazing event at Funky Projects, where journalists and many friends enjoyed kalimotxo, hot peppers, and salted anchovies; very funny. Tele7 TV broadcasts a video interview that evening. In June 6, 2006 (the very day of the beast, and coinciding with my birthday), Euskal Telebista (ETB) (the basque TV) broadcasts a video about the famous book. The same day (more birthday gifts!!) Martin Mugica sends me a copy of the book "The invention of the kalimotxo and anecdotes of public festivities" (3MB, in Spanish), with photos of Kepa Urquiza and edited by the Antzarrak group in 2001, a priceless document about the old but good festivities in Algorta.

Other references:

• August 12, 2022: 20 Minutos digital newspaper, "El 'kalimotxo' o cubata del pobre, la mezcla de vino y cola, cumple 50 años" (in Spanish)
• August 12, 2022: El Correo newspaper, ""Medio siglo bebiendo kalimotxo" (in Spanish)
• November 10, 2014: Meet some of the guys from Antxarrak group, the very first creators of the name "kalimotxo"
• July 7, 2013: video ETB "El verdadero origen del kalimotxo"
• June 29, 2012 - The digital edition of the newspaper "El Correo" (ElCorreo.com) published the video ¿"Quién inventó el kalimotxo?" (who invented kalimotxo?) in June 29, 2012
• September 10, 2006 - Article on the newspaper "El Correo" entitled "En el nombre del kalimotxo" 1, 2, where Martin Mugica is interviewed. Thank you, Olatz, for the scanning.
• August 18, 2006 - Article on the newspaper "El Pais" entitled "Kalimotxo, historia de un brebaje" about the book of Funky Projects.