The Best Red Wine Sangria Recipe

Name: The Best Red Wine Sangria Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 bottle (inexpensive red wine); 1 cup orange juice; 1 cup white soda (Sprite, Sierra Mist, 7-up, etc); 1/2 cup brandy or vodka; optional; 1 tablespoon simple syrup; 1 orange (sliced with peels left on); 1 cup fresh fruit or melon (cubed in 1/2 inch pieces)

May 13, 2018 By Dan from Platter Talk 42 Comments

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If you enjoy a cold glass of red sangria but are hesitant to order it when at a restaurant, I completely get it. More times than not, it’s just not up to par in my book.

This sangria recipe comes from an old neighbor of mine who hails from south of the border and let me assure you it is the best red wine sangria recipe out there.

Red Wine Sangria Recipe from Platter Talk

Red Wine Sangria

This is the sangria recipe that helps get me through brutal mid-west winters. I know that when the summer months roll around, sunshine and this sangria will be waiting for me.

We are celebrating summer here in Wisconsin with visits to farmer’s markets, dishes and beverages from the fresh produce we find, and lots of time outdoors with our kids. To this end, there is one summer treat that always tastes especially good toward the end of a long, hot summer day: Sangria, Platter Talk style.

The red sangria recipe can be madee with brandy or vodkca or both. We won't judge!

Make this red wine sangria recipe with brandy or vodka. Or both. We won’t judge.

You’ll love this easy sangria recipe!

Like many things that I fall absolutely butt over tea-kettle in love with, I have a vivid recollection of my first taste of this authentic, refreshing, and unbelievably delicious drink. I was at a bona fide dinner party hosted by my friend Edith, an engineer with super-model looks, gourmet chef, and native of Chihuahua.

If you are looking for an easy sangria recipe, this is it!

This easy sangria recipe is affordable and delicious! Did I mention how easy it goes together?

This beverage may have it’s origins in Spain and Portugal, but as far as I was concerned my friend Edith had just created a brand new eighth wonder, right in the middle of Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin. It was that good.

Use your favoirte stone fruit from summer to enhane this red wine sangria.

Watermelon, oranges, and peaches are only a few of the bits of summer that you can toss into a pitcher of this red sangria.

For this red wine sangria recipe, use some of y0ur favorite summer stone fruits for extra summery flavor!

Watermelon
Peaches
Apples
Oranges
Limes

Hint: Leave the orange rinds on for a subtle contrast of flavors!

Let this red wine sangria take you away

Several years later, in the midst of a blistering summer, I found myself living in another city. I was en route to a farmer’s market and suddenly I realized it was a day custom suited for sangria, or vice versa. Edith’s sangria, to be more precise.

I found my old friend’s number and called her from my car, it had been years since we had spoken. To my delight she answered immediately, and with equal delight from Edith, she gave me her recipe.

What follows is how I make my Red Sangria, it’s very close to my friend’s. Every time I make this, I savor the taste of summer.

More important perhaps, this one always makes me relish the wonderful people whose paths have intersected mine through the years.

This one is for summer, and all the people, past and present who add brightness and warmth to our lives. -Dan

This is the best sangria red wine sangria recipe that I know of, it comes from one of the best Mexican chefs that I’ve ever known. Try it this summer!

This easy red wine sangria goes well with many of our summer recipes such as our Cilantro-Lime Grilled Chicken with Avocado Salsa, Flank Steak Pinwheels, Alton Brown’s Grilled Pork Tenderloin, and of course with any of our taco recipes!

Looking for some more great summer drinks? Here are some of our favorite resources:

Check out our cold-weather version of this red wine sangria!

Mulled Red Wine Sangria

Add fresh cranberries to mulled sangria.

Mulled Sangria with Fresh Cranberries.

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