Sangria Modification?

Question

Here's what I did and here's what I'm going to do next. What do you think?

I made my first batch of Sangria.
1 bottle of 2005 Folie a Deux Menage a Trois California Red Wine (I heard the 2004 was a good choice, but not available to me at the time).
2 cups Canada Dry Ginger Ale.
1/4 cup no pulp Orange Juice.
1 mini Korbel Brandy
2 Tbsp C&H Sugar
1 sliced Lime
1 sliced Lemon
1/2 sliced Fuji Apple

I added a couple of ziplock baggies of ice cubes and chilled it in the refrigerator for an hour (didn't have an overnight option). Shared it with 3 other people with the admonition that I had no idea if it was going to be terrible or decent or great. They all liked it and drank it to the last drop.

I enjoyed it, but thought it was too sweet. So I'm thinking of
doing it all over again, but this time leaving out the 2 tablespoons of sugar to reduce the sweetness.

What would you do to improve my recipe? Feel free to try my recipe to see how you like it.

Answer 1

If still too sweet after you leave out the sugar, you could add LESS Ginger Ale.
Definetely add sliced oranges!

Answer 2

Add,or replace the orange juice with 1/2 sqeezed lemon, or lemon juice. That ought to knock down some of the sweetness a bit.

Answer 3

try a bottle of beaujolis ( I don't spell very well) sliced orange, along with your current fruit.
Go to your local wine merchant and ask for a spanish wine that would be good for this... also ask for any suggestions.