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Ingredients:

/4 cups (26 fl. oz) dry red wine

1/3 cup (3 oz) sugar

1/3 cup brandy

1/3 cup Cointreau

1/3 lemon-flavored vodka

1 small lemon, sliced crosswise

1 small orange, sliced crosswise

1 small lime, sliced crosswise

1 medium pear, diced

2 medium peach, peeled, pitted and sliced

2 cups (8 oz) sliced strawberries

1 bottle carbonated lemon-lime soda

Preparation

Directions:

In a sangria pitcher, combine all ingredients except the strawberries and soda.

Chill in the refrigerator overnight. Immediately before serving, stir the strawberries and lemon-lime soda. Pour into chilled glasses and serve.

Recommended Wines

(personal preference only)

basically these are Riojas (red wines) the wines are usually grouped by region.

Spain has a similar classification system to France and Italy, with all classified wine regions regulated under the Denominación de Origen (DO) system. Red wines are often labelled as Crianza, Reserva or Gran Reserva. In Rioja and the Ribera del Duero, Crianza wines are two years old, with at least twelve months spent in cask (elsewhere the oak ageing may legally be restricted to just six months). Reservas are three years old (at least one year in cask), Gran Reservas five years old (two in cask, three in bottle).

Marqués de Riscal - around $15 and well worth it - can be found in grocery stores, any wine shop, places like Cost + World Imports - it has a net around it.

Torres Sangre de Torro - robust wine - comes with a little plastic bull hanging from the neck of the bottle - around $7