It wouldn’t be a 4th of July cookout without a fresh fruit sangria! A simple, slightly sweet drink (…or pitcher) is the perfect way to cool off when you are outside celebrating with friends and family. For this recipe, we will turn a classic, crispy white wine into a refreshing white wine fruit sangria.
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The first thing that I wanted to do was create a light, flavored base for the sangria. I used a Riesling wine, but wanted to add a bit of bubbles and bang with a flavored soda water. Typically, a ginger ale may be added. I tested a few favorites, including lingonberry/apple, raspberry/blackberry, cherry/lime and strawberry lemonade soda waters. The lingonberry/apple was a quick pick from my last Ikea trip and ended up giving a great taste, but a bit too much sweet apple for my liking in this recipe. I will certainly use it in a cocktail later on, though.
I opted for the raspberry/blackberry since it was a bit more calm and refreshing and less of a sweet syrup flavor than the other candidates. This should be simple to find, as most every grocery store carries flavored soda water.
Since I had some strawberries in the freezer from making it out to pick at a local berry farm (check out the Strawberry Cinnamon Chip Scones for more of those), I used those along with some local blueberries to give the drink a shiny 4th sparkle. The frozen strawberries keep a great chill to the sangria, too.
Since people are typically familiar with a 5th of liquor, I thought I would brand this sweet concoction with the name 4th of Wine Sangria. A fifth of alcohol actually gets it’s name for 1/5 of a gallon. That is how booze was delivered back in the day before the switch to the metric milliliters measurement. A 4th of a gallon comes out to 4 cups. Handy, eh? 4 cups of your favorite Riesling will do the job perfectly to make this sangria your new party favorite.
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- 4 cups or 1 bottle (750 mL is close enough to 4 cups...) favorite white wine, suggest Riesling
- 2 cups flavored soda water (I used raspberry/blackberry)
- 1 ounce Triple Sec
- ½ ounce simple syrup (1:1 sugar to water, heated and then cooled), optional for sweeter sangria
- 1 cup strawberries, frozen
- 1 cup blueberries
- Combine all ingredients in carafe/pitcher.
- You can leave fruit out until serving, if desired. Strawberries may cloud sangria if left overnight.
- Chill and serve very cold over ice.
- Enjoy! Visit SouthernFATTY.com for more delicious recipes.
Angela Roberts
Happy 4th. Didn’t know where 1/5 came from. We love Sangria and all that fruit too.
Phillip @ SouthernFATTY.com
It’s a perfect cookout drink, I think 🙂 Have a great holiday. See you around soon!