Sangria Cocktail

This delicious and easy sangria recipe will hit the spot!

Course Cocktail

Cuisine Cocktails

Keyword red sangria, sangria, sangria by the glass

Prep Time 5

Total Time 5

Servings cocktails

Calories 342kcal

1 orange wheel (cut in half and with a small slit cut into it so you can place one on each rim.

Place the fruit in an empty shaker and muddle to release juices, remove the fruit to a glass bowl and set aside.
1/4 wedge lemon, 1/4 wedge lime, 8 - 10 cherries
Fill shaker 1/2 way with ice.
Add wine, brandy, Cointreau and orange juice.
8 ounces red wine, 3 ounces apricot brandy, 1.5 ounces Cointreau, 4 ounces orange juice
Cap shaker and shake vigorously 10 seconds. Add fresh ice to the glasses.
Strain, pour, and divide the sangria between the two glasses. Leave at least an inch to the top of the glass for the club soda.
Pour club soda directly in the glasses, but leave a little room to add fruit to the drink.
club soda
Divide the cherries into the glasses of sangria. Also add half of an orange wheel to each rim.
1 orange wheel
Sip
Smile
Enjoy

Helpful tips

I use Cabernet Sauvignon in this single-serving sangria recipe but Merlot, Rioja, Old Vine Zinfandel, and Chianti will work. I do believe that Pinot Noir is too light to give it the right taste.

You can use different fresh fruit than I use. Some good alternatives are strawberries, apples, pineapples, blueberries, blackberries, and oranges.

If you don't have a muddler, use the back of a wooden spoon. It will get the job done, it will just take you a little longer to muddle.

I use Cointreau in this recipe, but if you don't want to spend the money on this premium orange liqueur, triple sec will do.

Leave ice out of the cocktail shaker as you are going to muddle the fruit in it first.

Even though you see two glasses of sangria in the photos, you can make a pitcher if you like. (In the recipe card below, click on the number next to the word Servings to open the slider that adjusts your quantities and the corresponding ingredients.)