Description
This Cranberry Sangria is filled with holiday flavor! It is the perfect drink to serve on Thanksgiving and Christmas with the festive vibes it brings. Guests will love this flavorful and fruity Fall and Winter Red Wine Sangria.
Ingredients
Scale
- Regular size (25 ounce) bottle of Pinot Noir or Red Wine Blend (19 Crimes Cali Red Snoop Dog or Apothic Red Blend)
- 2 cups Cranberry Cocktail Juice
- 2 oranges sliced
- About 1 cup of pomegranate arils from a large pomegranate
- 1 sweet apple (Gala, Honeycrisp) sliced into slices
- Optional: A small bottle of Orange Juice and a few cans of Bubbly Water, like La Croix, to top off Sangria at Serving
- 7 Cinnamon sticks- 2 for Sangria and 5 to garnish each wine glass
Instructions
- Begin by cutting up the fruit and placing it in the bottom of a pitcher. Add 2 cinnamon sticks.
- Pour the entire red wine bottle and 2 cups cranberry juice into pitcher.
- Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate 1 to 2 hours.
- After 1 to 2 hours, fill wine glasses less than half way full with ice. Add a few pieces of fruit into the wine glass and pour 2/3 full with Sangria.
- Top with a splash of orange juice and fill the rest of the way with bubbly water.
- Garnish with a cinnamon stick.
Notes
If you like your Sangria stronger and less like a Spritzer, you can leave out the bubbly water and fill to the top with the Sangria and a splash of orange juice.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Refrigeration Time: 1 hour
- Category: Drinks and Cocktails
- Method: Mixology
- Cuisine: Spanish