Summer Sangria Recipes

Ah, Sangria, summer's reward. Find some shade under a tree and bring your icy glass of lush, sweet Sangria to celebrate warmth, sunlight, and barbecues.

We are going to share some summer Sangria recipes that thrill and delight.

For traditional Sangria, you will want to use a cheap red wine, Spanish perhaps, Pinot Noir, Garnacha (Grenache).

For light tropical or sweet peach Sangria, try a sweet white wine like Moscato.

traditional sangria
Muddle the fruits by crushing with a large spoon in the pitcher, add the other ingredients and let sit in fridge a few hours to overnight
1/2 apple (chopped into chunks with skin on)
1/2 orange (chopped into chunks with peel on)
3-4 T. brown sugar
3/4 c. orange juice

1/3 c. brandy
750 mL of red wine

PEACH SANGRIA

1 lb sliced peaches

1/4 c. sugar

3/4 c. peach schnapps

750 mL bottle of white wine

Mix these and let them sit in the fridge a few hours to overnight. Add some ginger ale when serving

1 L of ginger ale - chilled

TROPICAL SANGRIA

1 c. Malibu rum
1 bottle sweet white wine
1/2 c. orange juice
3/4 c. pineapple juice
fruit - pineapple, kiwi, oranges, strawberries
simple syrup for sweetening
Let ingredients mesh together in the fridge and chill.

Some great combos with Sangria including fish such as tilapia or other white fish, shellfish, tortilla chips and salsa, grilled steak.

Here's some of our favorite serving wear for Sangria summertime tradition -