Ciao. I am new to this group and somewhat new to the world of wine,
but I am learning (and many thanks for this group as I have already
learned a lot here).

Does anyone have a really good recipe for Sangria? Also, what is the
best wine to use as the base? I've looked at the past post, but an
unfamiliar with most of the suggestions. Remember, I am a newbie.

Anon
http://www.rossobella.blogspot.com

On Jul 1, 1:51?pm, wrote:
Ciao. I am new to this group and somewhat new to the world of wine,
but I am learning (and many thanks for this group as I have already
learned a lot here).

Does anyone have a really good recipe for Sangria? Also, what is the
best wine to use as the base? I've looked at the past post, but an
unfamiliar with most of the suggestions. Remember, I am a newbie.

Anonhttp://www.rossobella.blogspot.com

there are literally thousands of sangria recipes, and at least a
hundred will have people swear they are best. As to wine, I think that
best idea is to go to a decent wine shop and say you want something:
red (unless you want to make white sangria!)
cheap
fruity.
low tannin and probably low acid

When I've ended up with a couple bottles of something that I didn't
like,but with good fruit, I've basically used this framework for a
punch bowl at a big outdooor party:
slice up 3-4 apples, 2-3 oranges, maybe 1 lime
Put in a bowl with a few spoonfuls of sugar, and a half-cup Cointreau
or Grand Marinier. Add 2-3 bottles of red wine, let sit couple hours.
Add some ice cubes and a bag of ice, and a 2-liter bottle of sparkling
water.

On Jul 1, 7:07 pm, DaleW wrote:
On Jul 1, 1:51?pm, wrote:

Ciao. I am new to this group and somewhat new to the world of wine,
but I am learning (and many thanks for this group as I have already
learned a lot here).

Does anyone have a really good recipe for Sangria? Also, what is the
best wine to use as the base? I've looked at the past post, but an
unfamiliar with most of the suggestions. Remember, I am a newbie.

Anonhttp://www.rossobella.blogspot.com

there are literally thousands of sangria recipes, and at least a
hundred will have people swear they are best. As to wine, I think that
best idea is to go to a decent wine shop and say you want something:
red (unless you want to make white sangria!)
cheap
fruity.
low tannin and probably low acid

When I've ended up with a couple bottles of something that I didn't
like,but with good fruit, I've basically used this framework for a
punch bowl at a big outdooor party:
slice up 3-4 apples, 2-3 oranges, maybe 1 lime
Put in a bowl with a few spoonfuls of sugar, and a half-cup Cointreau
or Grand Marinier. Add 2-3 bottles of red wine, let sit couple hours.
Add some ice cubes and a bag of ice, and a 2-liter bottle of sparkling
water.


Thank you! This is very helpful. Now I just need ot figure out how
to transport it to a party.

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DaleW wrote:

On Jul 1, 1:51?pm, wrote:
Ciao. I am new to this group and somewhat new to the world of wine,
but I am learning (and many thanks for this group as I have already
learned a lot here).

Does anyone have a really good recipe for Sangria? Also, what is the
best wine to use as the base? I've looked at the past post, but an
unfamiliar with most of the suggestions. Remember, I am a newbie.

Anonhttp://www.rossobella.blogspot.com

there are literally thousands of sangria recipes, and at least a
hundred will have people swear they are best. As to wine, I think that
best idea is to go to a decent wine shop and say you want something:
red (unless you want to make white sangria!)
cheap
fruity.
low tannin and probably low acid

When I've ended up with a couple bottles of something that I didn't
like,but with good fruit, I've basically used this framework for a
punch bowl at a big outdooor party:
slice up 3-4 apples, 2-3 oranges, maybe 1 lime
Put in a bowl with a few spoonfuls of sugar, and a half-cup Cointreau
or Grand Marinier. Add 2-3 bottles of red wine, let sit couple hours.
Add some ice cubes and a bag of ice, and a 2-liter bottle of sparkling
water.

Any inexpensive Garnacha will do for the base.

On Jul 2, 1:09 pm, Lawrence Leichtman wrote:
In article .com,



DaleW wrote:
On Jul 1, 1:51?pm, wrote:
Ciao. I am new to this group and somewhat new to the world of wine,
but I am learning (and many thanks for this group as I have already
learned a lot here).

Does anyone have a really good recipe for Sangria? Also, what is the
best wine to use as the base? I've looked at the past post, but an
unfamiliar with most of the suggestions. Remember, I am a newbie.

Anonhttp://www.rossobella.blogspot.com

there are literally thousands of sangria recipes, and at least a
hundred will have people swear they are best. As to wine, I think that
best idea is to go to a decent wine shop and say you want something:
red (unless you want to make white sangria!)
cheap
fruity.
low tannin and probably low acid

When I've ended up with a couple bottles of something that I didn't
like,but with good fruit, I've basically used this framework for a
punch bowl at a big outdooor party:
slice up 3-4 apples, 2-3 oranges, maybe 1 lime
Put in a bowl with a few spoonfuls of sugar, and a half-cup Cointreau
or Grand Marinier. Add 2-3 bottles of red wine, let sit couple hours.
Add some ice cubes and a bag of ice, and a 2-liter bottle of sparkling
water.

Any inexpensive Garnacha will do for the base.

Perfecto! Thank you all so very much. I am looking forward to tryin
this out.

In article . com,
says...

Ciao. I am new to this group and somewhat new to the world of wine,
but I am learning (and many thanks for this group as I have already
learned a lot here).

Does anyone have a really good recipe for Sangria? Also, what is the
best wine to use as the base? I've looked at the past post, but an
unfamiliar with most of the suggestions. Remember, I am a newbie.

Anon

Anon,

You might want to head to www.chowhound.com and navigate to their Wine Board.
There are several recent Sangria threads, still active, and a Search will
yield dozens of recipes. Discussion of base-wine is now on-going in a current
one. You'll have to register to post, but it's free.

Hunt

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On Jul 1, 7:07 pm, DaleW wrote:
On Jul 1, 1:51?pm, wrote:
[SNIP]

Thank you! This is very helpful. Now I just need ot figure out how
to transport it to a party.

The trick is to mix it AT the party. Now, the problem might be transporting
one's self FROM the party, if the recipe is a good one.

Hunt