Which red wines make the best sangria?

Answer 1

Any cheap red wine will do. its the rest of what you use thats important.

Answer 2

I like to use a Spanish red table wine or Zinfandel. Here's my favorite recipe:

Summer Sangria


The perfect drink for summer evenings!

3 tablespoons sugar
3 tablespoons spiced dark rum
3 tablespoons orange liquer)
1 orange (sliced)
1 lemon (sliced)
2 ripe peaches (sliced)
3 ripe plums (sliced)
2 cinnamon sticks
1 bottle Spanish red wine
Sparkling soda water
1. Add to a punch bowl (or other large bowl): sugar, rum, orange liquer, fruits, and cinnamon sticks. Mix together.
2. Stir in the bottle of wine.
3. Chill in the refrigerator for 4 - 8 hours before serving.
4. Discard cinnamon sticks. Spoon fruits into glasses. Pour the spiced wine over the fruit. Top with a splash of soda water.

Makes 8 glasses.

Answer 3

Please, don't use cheap wine! It will taste awful! Just like with cooking, you should always use a wine that you would drink by itself. I would suggest a Zinfandel (not to be confused with a White Zinfandel, which is a Rose) or a Cabernet Sauvignon. I find that the Cabernet has its own sweetness, so you would have less to "cover" with fruits. Enjoy! I love sangria!

Answer 4

Personally I stick to the Carlo and Rossi Sangria in the jug -it is lightly effervescent and fruity a really nice beverage.

Answer 5

A cheap red in a corked bottle will do fine. Make sure to add some Parrot Bay Rum to kick it up a notch. It's pineapple rum.

Answer 6

I like to use Zinfandel for my Sangria

Ingredients
2 gallons Zinfandel
1 cup brandy
1/2 cup Cointreau
2 quarts orange juice
2 cups lemon juice
1 cup superfine sugar or Simple Syrup
2 trays ice cubes [18 to 20]
2 quarts club soda, chilled
3 oranges, thinly sliced
4 lemons, thinly sliced

Method
Make sure all ingredients are thoroughly chilled. Pour the wine, brandy and Cointreau into a large punch bowl. Stir orange and lemon juice with the sugar until sugar has dissolved [alternately, use Simple Syrup]. Add citrus mixture to bowl and stir to blend. Add ice cubes and soda and garnish with fruit slices. Serve in wine glasses.

But I also like a nice dry red for my Ebony Sangria

Ingredients
Cherries, blackberries, black grapes
Lemon peel from 1 whole lemon
1/2 cup strongly brewed black tea
1 750ml bottle dry red wine
Chilled club soda to taste

Method
Place fruits and lemon peel in a 2 1/2 quart pitcher. Place fruits and lemon peel in a 2 1/2 quart pitcher. Add the tea and enough wine to cover. Chill remaining wine. Before serving, pour remaining wine in pitcher, stir, and add ice and club soda to taste. Add the tea and enough wine to cover. Chill remaining wine. Before serving, pour remaining wine in pitcher, stir, and add ice and club soda to taste

And Chablis for my Ivory Sangria

Ingredients
2 limes, sliced
2 lemons, sliced
2 large Granny Smith Apples, peeled and sliced
2 750ml bottles of Chablis
1 1/2 cups simple syrup
1 cup brandy
2 bottles club soda

Method
Combine the fruit, Chablis, simple syrup and brandy. Chill at least 2 hours. Gently stir in the club soda. Serve over ice with additional sliced fruit in each glass.

Answer 7

The biggest cheapest box you can find

Answer 8

i usually use zinfandel or shiraz.