How to Make White Wine Sangria
Sangria is always a fruity and refreshing drink, especially in summertime. But on those relentless, sweltering "dog days," white wine sangria beckons like a cool swimming pool.
Instructions
- Step 1: Pour wine into pitcher Pour the wine into the pitcher.
- TIP: For the fruitiest results, use a Pinot Grigio, Chardonnay, or Spanish cava.
- Step 2: Add vodka, schnapps, & vanilla Add the vodka, schnapps and vanilla.
- Step 3: Squeeze juice Squeeze in the juice of 2 limes and 1 lemon and drop in the remaining, unjuiced halves.
- Step 4: Add fruit, mint, cloves, & cinnamon Add the strawberries, grapes, mint, cloves and cinnamon sticks.
- Step 5: Add ice Add ice cubes if you are serving your batch right away.
- TIP: For the tastiest results, cover and refrigerate the pitcher overnight. Add the ice just before serving.
- Step 6: Pour & serve Pour into a wine glass with a splash of club soda, and dive in.
- FACT: White wine sangria originated in the Cava region of Spain as an alternative to the Rioja region's traditional red recipe.
You Will Need
- A large pitcher
- A wooden spoon
- 1 bottle of white wine
- 4 oz. vodka
- 2 oz. peppermint schnapps
- 1 tbsp. vanilla
- 4 limes
- halved
- 2 lemons
- halved
- 1 dozen strawberries
- chopped
- 1 bunch seedless green grapes
- chopped
- A handful of mint
- chopped
- 3 cinnamon sticks
- A few cloves
- Ice
