Sangria is a melange of fruit and wines to tempt your taste buds in the way that only sangria can.

 Ingredients:

  • 3 large Valencia oranges
  • 1 Tahitian lime
  • 1 lemon
  • 6 teaspoons caster sugar
  • 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 6 cm cinnamon stick
  • 3 Kaffir Lime Leaves
  • 2 bottles (1.5L) of merlot (light red wine)
  • 400 ml brandy
  • Peach schnapps, added to taste (optional)

 Steps:

  1. Juice oranges, lime and lemon (should make about 200-300ml); add caster sugar, nutmeg and cinnamon stick (coarsely snapped up) to juice in saucepan.
  2. Heat liquid (whilst stirring) until steam rises from surface - do not simmer.
  3. Pour liquid into jug, place jug in saucepan of cold water to cool liquid down again (otherwise you will 'boil' the alcohol off the wine when you add the juice to it).
  4. Pour merlot into a container with brandy. Add the juice/spice mixture and stir. Add the Kaffir Lime Leaves that have been deveined and gently crushed. Chill for at least 24 hours.
  5. Finished.


  • This recipe will get better with age (up to about two weeks old), and can be refreshed by adding more juice/wine.
  • If you mix the sangria 50/50 with lemonade and ice, the resulting beverage will be approx 10% alcohol.
  • You may want to substitute a more robust red (cabernet sauvignon etc) for the merlot.
  • You will need to strain the sangria into a decanter as the fresh juice can be a bit chunky. However, the fruit pulp seems to have an affinity for the alcohol.

                SANGRIA!!!