Sparkling Summer Peach Sangria Recipe

This Sparkling Summer Peach Sangria Recipe is cool, refreshing and the perfect summer drink to make any occasion special!

Thank you Total Wine & More for inviting me to the Grand Opening event and sponsoring this post! The opinions and text are all mine.

Last week, Hubby and I were lucky enough to be invited to the grand opening event of Austin’s newest Total Wine & More location.  (Pays to be a good customer I guess! )  We rarely have a chance to get out and do fun stuff like this, so when the invitation came through, I immediately RSVP’d YES!

Their newest location is located near the Arboretum (which is home to some of my favorite places to shop and dine.)  Even though the new Total Wine & More Arboretum store is a bit farther away than the location we normally visit, I was happy to have the chance to attend the party and check out everything the new location had to offer.   (Plus, I definitely didn’t want to pass up the opportunity to get dressed-up, listen to live music all while sampling amazing wines, cheeses, craft beers and other goodies.  And yes, that is a cheese carving of Texas and the Total Wine and More logo! )

I found so many goodies I wanted to take home with me.  (And since a portion of the evening’s purchases were benefiting the Communities in Schools, I did!)

Total Wine and More has just about anything you could want, the photo below is just the Texas Craft Beer section!

They have wine tastings, classes, and events every week.  And of course, rows and rows of wine selections. Pretty much anything you could ever need…

After browsing through Total Wine and More and tasting everything offered that evening, I was inspired to create this light and fruity summer sangria recipe to share with you today.    The recipe is very flexible; you can use your favorite light white wine, rosé or even prosecco plus and any combination of your favorite summer fruit.

For sangria, you need at least two kinds of fruit, and since this recipe is peach based, you’ll want to use the ripest peaches you can find and a citrus fruit.

I went with oranges since that is what I had on hand, but you could use lemon, lime, tangerine or grapefruit, plus any other combination of summer fruit you think sounds good.

The other important thing to know about sangria…  DO NOT taste it when you first mix it together!  If you do, you will be very disappointed.  Sangria needs to sit in the fridge for at least 4 hours (longer is even better.)  The fruit needs time to blend with the wine for the final flavor to shine through.

Personally, I prefer a weaker cocktail and for this recipe, I have left out the additional alcohol that you normally find in Sangria.  If desired, you can add up to 4 oz of brandy or flavored liqueur per bottle of wine used.

Sparkling Summer Peach Sangria Recipe:

• 3 peaches
• 3 oranges (or other citris fruit)
• a handful of a 3rd fruit, sliced (Strawberries, blueberries, apples – whatever you have) plus more for garnish
• Bottle of white wine, rosé or prosecco
• 20 oz of peach flavored sparkling/seltzer water
• optional 2 to 3 tbsp sugar (depends on how sweet your peaches were)
• optional up to 4 oz brandy or other flavored liqueur

Instructions:

1. Slice 2 peaches and 2 oranges into thin slices.  
2. Add to the bottom of glass pitcher along with 3rd fruit.
3. Add wine and 20 oz of the peach sparkling water. (If adding additional alcohol, add it now)
4. Give the mixture a good stir and place in fridge for at least 4 hours (8 would be better)
5. Just before serving, give the mixture a taste, if it needs to be sweeter, mix in 2 to 3 tablespoons sugar.
6. Pour a bit of the sangria into a glass, spoon a bit of fruit in the glass.
7. Garnish with extra fruit and serve!

Yum!

Do you have a favorite type of sangria? Let us know in the comments below!

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Total Wine & More. The opinions and text are all mine.