A few years ago I went over to a friend’s house and experienced my first sip of sangria. I thought to myself, “wow – what is this amazing drink?!” I’ve always been a fan of fruity cocktail drinks, and now that I’m a wine lover too, sangria is perfect for me.
When my friend Melissa at A Prudent Life asked if I wanted to join in on a summer drink hop, I hopped right in! It’s also our cooking week in our Summer Reading Challenge, so creating a recipe was a perfect fit. I knew I wanted to develop a delicious sangria recipe to share, and with the 4th of July just around the corner my Stars and Stripes Sangria Recipe was born.
Stars & Stripes Sangria Recipe
I wanted to create a red, white and blue sangria drink and chose to use golden delicious apples, strawberries, and blueberries to create my color vision. Then I just needed to add in a white wine, some citrus bubbly, a little vodka, and I was ready to sip and celebrate.
The Ingredients (forgot to add the lemonade to the photo!)
One of my disappointments was using frozen blueberries instead of fresh blueberries. I didn’t account for the pink-purple tint that the frozen blueberries would have and I had envisioned my sangria recipe as having a clear white wine color. If you like the color of the beverage, use frozen blueberries. If you’re wanting to have less color, I’d use try fresh blueberries as I think they won’t “stain” the liquid.
- 1 golden delicious apple – sliced in strips “stripes”
- 10 strawberries – sliced in half then in quarters to create “stripes”
- 1 cup blueberries – frozen or fresh (frozen gives the beverage a pinkish tint)
- 1 bottle (750mL) dry white wine – I used Pinot Grigio
- 1/2 cup vodka
- 2 cups lemon-lime soda (Sprite / 7UP)
- 1 cup lemonade
- Slice and prepare fruit – add to pitcher
- Add liquids to pitcher (wine, vodka, soda, lemonade)
- Refrigerate overnight
- Serve & enjoy!
Hop on over to see all the other great summer drink recipes my blog friends have created!
1. Sparkling Blueberry Lemonade by Sypsie Designs
2. Grapefruit Perrier with Vodka and Fresh Raspberries by Dolen Diaries
3. Summer Sangria by One Krieger Chick
4. Stars & Stripes Sangria by Stuffed Suitcase
5. Strawberry Paradise by Tiny Sidekick
6. The Rand McNally by Upcycled Treasures
7. Grown Up Lemon Berry Slush by A Prudent Life
8. Cherry Pie Moonshine by Addicted 2 DIY
Bentley Hale
Friday 4th of July 2014
Hi there, love the Stars & Stripes Sangria recipe, I featured it on my Independence Day blog post! Check it out! http://siphappensblog.weebly.com/summer-wines
Kimberly
Monday 7th of July 2014
Thanks so much!
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Wednesday 25th of June 2014
That sounds delicious! I'm going to have to make that for our upcoming July 4th party!
Kimberly
Thursday 24th of July 2014
Little late on the reply Ashley, but hope it turned out great!
Randi - Dukes and Duchesses
Wednesday 25th of June 2014
That sounds delicious! I'll definitely be trying it this summer.
Kimberly
Thursday 24th of July 2014
Thanks for stopping by Randi -- hope you enjoy the drink!
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Wednesday 25th of June 2014
I am loving this summer fun recipe! I will be making this one! Pinning too!
Kimberly
Thursday 24th of July 2014
Thanks for the pin DeDe! It's so much fun creating special drinks for the different seasons!
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Wednesday 25th of June 2014
This looks so good! My girlfriends would love this and I can't wait to try it with them.
Kimberly
Thursday 24th of July 2014
It's definitely a great girlfriend drink Paula!