A sparkling white wine sangria with oranges, lemons, grapefruit and limes that's super refreshing and perfect for cooling off by the pool, at the lake or on the beach!
JUMP TO RECIPEA truly authentic sangria doesn't have much more than fruit and wine but once upon a time a friend made a slightly different sangria recipe she found in a magazine and I've been using that as a base recipe ever since!
There are two things that make this method for making sangria my favorite. It's sparkling and it's a "hard" sangria because of the added vodka!
The carbonation from the lemon-lime soda makes it extra refreshing and you can really have fun with all the flavored vodkas out now!
INGREDIENTS FOR SUMMER CITRUS SANGRIA
- 1 red grapefruit
- 1 lime
- 1 orange
- 1 lemon
- 1 cup sugar (or to taste)
- 1 cup citrus vodka
- 1 bottle dry white wine
- 1 can lemon-lime soda
VARIATIONS OF SUMMER CITRUS SANGRIA
Feel free to change up the fruit (pineapple is DIVINE in this!)
I think a cup of sugar is perfect but make it the way you like! The combined fresh grapefruit juice, dry wine and vodka need a little sweetness for me but you do you!
There are so many fun flavors of soda and sparkling water available these days so use whichever you think would go great with the citrus flavors!
Make this "skinny" by using Fresca or LaCroix and your favorite sugar substitute.
CITRUS FLAVORED VODKA OPTIONS
Choose whichever citrus fruit flavored vodka you like best (for me, that's grapefruit or orange!). This sangria recipe would be perfect with any of the following (or plain vodka works too!):
- Absolut Mandarin
- Ketel One Botanical Grapefruit
- Skyy Blood Orange
- Smirnoff Lime
- Absolut Citron
- Stoli Lime
- Ketel One Oranje
- Grey Goose Le Citron
- New Amsterdam Lemon
- Grey Goose L'Orange
- Deep Eddy Ruby Red
- Absolute Grapefruit
- Smirnoff Ruby Red
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RUM RUNNER - With fruity hints of banana and berries and a combination of rums, this Rum Runner Cocktail is a favorite summer beverage that is sure to satisfy!
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ALABAMA SLAMMER - A sweet and fruity summer cocktail, this Alabama Slammer is a fun adult beverage that is perfect for sippin’ on your front porch!
TENNESSEE HONEY HOLE - Based on the Joe's Crab Shack Honey Peach Smash, this light and refreshing cocktail recipe is made with Jack Daniels Tennessee Honey, peaches and ginger ale.
LEMONADE MOSCATO WINE SPRITZER – A light, refreshing, easy to make adult cocktail using any flavor of lemonade, moscato wine, lemon-lime soda, garnished with fresh fruit.
Recipe for Summer Citrus Sangria
Summer Citrus Sangria
A sparkling white wine sangria with oranges, lemons, grapefruit and limes that's super refreshing and perfect for cooling off by the pool, at the lake or on the beach!
Ingredients
- 1 red grapefruit
- 1 lime
- 1 orange
- 1 lemon
- 1 cup sugar (or to taste)
- 1 cup citrus vodka
- 1 bottle dry white wine
- 1 can lemon-lime soda
Instructions
- Clean and slice the fruit, leaving half of the grapefruit whole.
- Juice the reserved grapefruit half then add juice to a 2-quart pitcher.
- Add wine, sugar and vodka then stir until sugar dissolves.
- Add fruit slices then rest mixture at least 4 hours (or overnight).
- When ready to serve, add lemon-lime soda. Serve over ice.
Notes
- See list of citrus vodka options above recipe card.
- Feel free to change up the fruit (pineapple is DIVINE in this!)
- I think a cup of sugar is perfect but you can add more or omit altogether - make it the way you like!
- Make this "skinny" by using Fresca or LaCroix and your favorite sugar substitute.
- When the pitcher is empty, I typically just add more wine and soda then let the marinated fruit work it's magic.
When you say to let the fruit rest, should it rest in the refrigerator?
ReplyDeleteIt really doesn't matter since the vodka will "preserve" the fruit and juice but I usually do pop mine in the fridge :)
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