Basic Sangria Wine Recipe

This is an excellent beginner recipe for Red Sangria that can be easily modified and built upon... Enjoy!

1 Bottle of red wine (Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Rioja, Zinfandel, Shiraz)
1 Lemon cut into wedges
1 Orange cut into wedges
2 Tbsp sugar
1 Shot brandy
2 Cups ginger ale or club soda

Instructions
Pour wine in the pitcher and squeeze the juice wedges from the lemon and orange into the wine. Toss in the fruit wedges (leaving out seeds if possible) and add sugar and brandy. Chill overnight. Add ginger ale or club soda just before serving. If you'd like to serve right away, use chilled red wine and serve over lots of ice.

Other things to try:
Try adding peaches, blueberries, some extra gin, raspberries, kiwi, a cup of ginger ale, or lime juice to this recipe for different results.

Red Sangria Recipe

Sangria always looks perfect on a holiday table. Red wine and carbonated beverages are garnished with fresh orange slices in this phase 2 beauty.

1 orange, sliced, for garnish
Ice cubes
1 liter club soda, chilled
1 orange, zested
2 (750 milliliter) bottles dry red wine, chilled
1/2 cup diet orange soda
1 (12 ounce) can diet lemon-lime soda

Instructions
Put the orange zest and orange slices in a pitcher, add wine and a few ice cubes and stir. Add the club soda, diet lemon-lime soda, and diet orange soda. Serve in wine glasses

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