Ever since my party last week, I’ve been obsessed with Sangria. Until I made the peach one, I’d never considered making a sangria that was exclusively dedicated to one fruit flavor. But it got me thinking about my favorite fruit flavor, raspberry. I will eat or drink raspberry flavored anything. So I decided to concoct a raspberry sangria, and I am REALLY happy with how it turned out!
Raspberry Sangria
You need:
1 bottle white wine
1 cup frozen raspberry lemonade (defrosted)
1 cup club soda
1/2 cup raspberry liqueur
strawberries
raspberries
Thinly slice your strawberries. I used five large strawberries. Then put your strawberries and raspberries in a pitcher. Fun trick – if you freeze your raspberries, you can add them to your sangria and they will act like ice cubes without watering down your drink. I always do this at parties.
Pour the raspberry liqueur over the fruit, then let it sit in the fridge for an hour or so.
Add the defrosted lemonade mix.
Add your wine next.
Finally, add the club soda. Stick your pitcher in the fridge – for best results, make at least 24 hours in advance.
Raspberry sangria, mmm, so delicious and pretty.
My mom and Aunt Lynn, as if sensing there was sangria to be had, stopped by my house.
I really had to twist their arms to taste the sangria.
Two thumbs up!
Annie’s thumbs up is half-hearted. She’s not pleased that her strawberries were in a dish instead of in a drink.
Some notes – my mom, who is not a wine drinker, loved the sangria. She said it was “perfectly sweet.” My aunt, who IS a wine drinker, thought that while it was good, it could stand to be slightly less sweet. If you want your sangria to be slightly less-sweet, I suggest using 1/4 cup raspberry liqueur and 1 1/4 cups club soda. Let your sangria marinate for a day, and then if you want it sweeter, add more liqueur.
I think I’m always going to have this sangria in my fridge – it’s the perfect, “hey, can I get you a drink?” drink for unexpected guests!
- 1 bottle White Wine
- 1 cup Frozen Raspberry Lemonade (defrosted)
- 1 cup Club Soda
- ½ cup Raspberry Liqueur
- strawberries
- raspberries
- Thinly slice your strawberries, then put your strawberries and raspberries in a pitcher.
- Pour the raspberry liqueur over the fruit, then let it sit in the fridge for an hour or so.
- Add the defrosted lemonade mix.
- Add your wine.
- Add the club soda.
- Stick your pitcher in the fridge - for best results, make at least 24 hours in advance.
Julia says:
Hmm think I might turn up as an unexpected guest from London any day now x
Betsy says:
Does it go flat if you mix in the club soda 24 hours in advance? I’m thinking perhaps mix the rest and add the club soda right before serving, but let me know if that’s not right.
Annalisa says:
I don’t think it matters unless fizziness is important to you. I’ve had perfectly good sangria that had no club soda in it whatsoever, was just chilled very well. It was fantastic (being that this was a Spanish restaurant helped).
Heather says:
No, you want to mix it in in advance. The club soda is in such a small amount that you wouldn’t notice the bubbles even if you put it in right before. It’s really there to water down the drink without LITERALLY watering it down.
Aubrie says:
Looks delicious! I adore Chambord. I love mixing it with Sprite for an easy drink.
Chris says:
Raspberry is one of my favorite fruits ever (probably right behind blackberries) and this looks divine. I’m also intrigued by Aubrie’s suggestion of Sprite and Chambord for an easy drink. Thanks for the inspiration!
Kay says:
Do you think this could be done with blueberries? I love the idea, but I’m allergic to raspberries. I’m trying to figure out what drink to enjoy on my upcoming 21st birthday.
Heather says:
Yes…I think you could probably use Blueberry Schnapps! Try replacing blueberry schnapps in for the raspberry liqueur with the same measurements. You might have to add more blueberry schnapps later, because I don’t think it’s as thick as raspberry liqueurs. Let me know how it turns out! And happy early birthday!
Liz says:
Oh this sounds yummy! Does it matter what kind of wine you use? Do you think moscato would make it too sweet? (Pretty sure I have a bottle or two around…)
Heather says:
I actually thought about using moscato but thought it might be too sweet. Try it with the smaller measurements for raspberry liqueur that I suggested at the end of the post and let me know how it turns out!
Liz says:
Just wanted to let you know I did end up making it with moscato and the smaller amount of liquer. I was yummy. I like really sweet wine. Went down a little too well. Only wish I would have made a triple or quadruple recipe. After we emptied the first pitcher I made another with some of the leftover ingredients. Of course not the same at all without soaking overnight! (Plus I didn’t have more raspberry lemonade so it was mostly booze and not as sweet, which one of my friends liked better) Will definitely make again. Thanks Heather!
Liz says:
….and no “I” was not yummy, but it was!
Lisa A says:
I was just telling Matt the other night that I wanted to try my hand at making sangria sometime. I think I’ll have to try out this recipe! Thanks for posting – sounds amazing!
nona says:
They recently started selling liquor at grocery stores in my state. I’m going to have to try this, especially now that I can get all the ingredients in one spot!
Sarah says:
Looks delish. The club soda must not retain its fizz, however, especially if you make the sangria 24 hours ahead. Is this a problem?
Heather says:
The fizz doesn’t matter – it’s for taste!
Sue says:
I absolutely love your recipes and print them out when I see them. Thanks for another great one. Can’t wait to try it this weekend.
Robyn says:
I made this last weekend for my parents 35 wedding anniversary party. Everyone loved it! It is a little on the sweet side, but I liked it that way. The only thing I would change next time is not adding the strawberries. They completely lost all their color from soaking in the alcohol and looked a little scary. Or maybe I will just take the strawberries out before serving it and add fresh ones.