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White Wine Sangria

Posted on 08/31/2010 by Maura

Sangria is one of the best party drinks, in my opinion.  You can make up a big pitcher the night before and it’s good to go the next day!  While I love red wine sangria, I thought using white wine with some nice, fresh fruit would be a fun change.

I actually made this for our customers who just moved into their new Douglas home!  My mom and I put together a beautiful basket with dish towels, a pot holder, fresh lemons, two mason jars of this sangria, lemon poppy seed bread and carrot spice muffins!  They seemed to have loved it, and it was really fun to put together.

Of course, I tried the sangria before I bottled it for them, and I was quite devastated to part with it.  The cinnamon sticks added a great depth of flavor, and the fresh, ripe fruit tasted delicious in the drink, and on their own after sitting in the wine mixture!  This is a great twist on sangria and might just be the best white wine sangria recipe I’ve ever tasted!

Enjoy!

White Wine Sangria

Ingredients

1/4 cup sugar

2/3 cup water

2 cinnamon sticks

1 handful mint leaves, divided

1 peach, sliced thin

1 lemon, sliced thin

1 blood or regular orange, sliced thin

1/2 bottle of dry white wine

seltzer water

Ingredients

Add water, sugar, cinnamon sticks and half of the handful of mint leaves to a small saucepan over low heat.  Stir until the sugar is dissolved and bring to a boil for five minutes.  Let cool.

In a pitcher, add the sliced fruit, the cooled sugar mixture, the other half handful of mint leaves, the half  bottle of dry white wine, and fill the pitcher to the top with seltzer.  Taste to see if it needs more wine or seltzer and adjust accordingly.

This is best if it sits in the fridge overnight so the tastes meld.  The next day, just serve over ice or straight from the fridge!

Enjoy!

Recipe by Williams-Sonoma

About Maura

I have a secret: I cannot do anything in moderation. I always have to take things to the extreme, at the expense of my own and my family's sanity and often times my dad’s checkbook. When I started taking horseback riding lessons, I insisted on having a pony. When I ice skated for probably the second time, I made my mom buy me ice skates that were never again worn. When I thought I wanted to be a teacher, I made my parents turn one of the rooms in the basement into a school room, stocked with an overhead projector, pull-down maps and a real, classroom-sized chalkboard and white board. When I discovered cooking I bossed my older sister around in the kitchen for an entire day, forcing her to make dozens of recipes with me against her will and then had her do all the dishes (sorry Cait). And, when I discovered food blogs I bought the biggest binder I could find, printed out 250 recipes in one day and laminated and categorized each one. My dad was not happy about the ink situation. So, what does this tell you about me? For one, you can trust that every recipe I post is more than delicious and has been meticulously tried and tested for you. Also, that I’m an anal freak. Enjoy! View all posts by Maura → This entry was posted in Drinks, Quick & Easy Meals, mexican, vegetarian. Bookmark the permalink. ← Spinach and Artichoke Dip Lemon Poppyseed Bread →