Sangria is traditionally made with fruity red wine and an assortment of fresh fruit and fortified with brandy or triple sec. Here are tips for mixing up one of summer’s best drinks:
A smarty wine man guided us through several flights, referencing French and Italian terms and sometimes — far worse — using terms I knew were English but may as well have been Aramaic. He would swirl the wine in his glass, peer into its depths as though his future might appear there, raise it to his nose, inhale deeply, sip, then extol or excoriate its contents. He used terms like “tannins” and “legs.
But one thing I love about being a cocktail person is that if I’m drinking something that has notes of blackberries or vanilla or stone fruit, it’s usually because the creator has actually put that ingredient — or something that approximates it — into the drink.
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