Sangria, by The Drinkie in You: Mr. David De La Cruz

Drinkie: A person who enjoys all types of alcoholic beverages

As Labor Day quickly approaches the unofficial end of summer draws near, soon the beaches will be empty, girls will be dressed more appropriately, and beverage choices will slowly shift from those fruity summer drinks to the wheat and pumpkin tasting fall choices. Gone will be the days of outdoor daytime drinking with your favorite Coronas and Miami Vices. Fear not fellow Drinkies because before you say goodbye to all of your favorite summer beverages, try making the following recipe for Sangria which will be sure to be a hit at those End Of Summer Blowouts!

The Following recipe will yield approximately 1 gallon


Ingredients:
- Two Bottles of Red Wine (A Rioja or another light red without an overpowering taste)
- Orange Juice – 20 Fl Oz
- Sprite – 20 Fl Oz
- Rum – 4 to 6 shots worth (depending on how intense you want to be)
- Sugar – Half A Cup
- 2 Limes – (One lime will be cut up and the other squeeze the juice
- Two Red Apples – cut up
- One Green Apple – cut up
- Two Oranges – cut up (take out seeds)
- Two Peaches – cut up (you can replace this with raspberries if peaches aren’t your thing)
- Ice

Directions:
- Cut up all fruits and place into bowl
- Fill the bowl with Ice
- Pour the bottles of Red Wine into the bowl (be careful of the wine splattering)
- Pour the orange juice and Sprite
- Add the shots of rum
- Add the sugar
- Now stir everything together
- Serve chilled

Please note that if the wine and rum taste is overpowering, try adding more Sprite or Orange Juice to take a little of the edge off (Not Recommended). Well this is DDC guest blogging on the Foodieinyou – please let me know your feedback. Till next time when I share some of my Fall Favorites. Too all my Drinkies – ENJOY!

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