As the sun blazes overhead and warm breeze whispers through the trees, nothing beats a chilled glass of Strawberry Sangria. This vibrant, fruit-packed drink embodies the carefree spirit of summer. We’re talking lazy afternoons with friends, picnics by the beach, or romantic evenings under twinkling stars. Bursting with ripe strawberries, citrusy notes, Strawberry Sangria is your ticket to sipping sunshine.
Ingredients for the Perfect Strawberry Sangria
The magic of Strawberry Sangria lies in its flexibility—you can tweak it to your taste—but a classic recipe starts with quality ingredients. Here’s what you’ll need to create a pitcher that serves 6–8:
1 bottle of Sauvignon Blanc or Pinot Grigio
½ cup of brandy
¼ cup of triple sec
¼ cup of simple syrup (adjust for sweetness—dissolve 1:1 sugar and water)
1 cup of sliced fresh strawberries
1 orange
1 lemon
1 lime
Optional: 2 cups of sparkling water or lemon-lime soda (for a refreshing fizz)
Optional: A sprig of mint or basil for a trendy 2025 twist
Pro Tip: Want to add a global flair? Swap brandy for a splash of soju, Korea’s famous spirit, for a Hallyu-inspired Strawberry Sangria that’s lighter (soju’s 16–24% ABV vs. brandy’s 40%) and smoother.
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How to Make Strawberry Sangria: Step-by-Step Instructions
Follow these simple steps to craft a Strawberry Sangria that’s as beautiful as it is delicious. Each step builds layers of flavor, ensuring every sip is a burst of summer joy.
Prep – Rinse and slice strawberries, orange, lemon, and lime, into thin, even rounds.
Mix – In a large glass pitcher, pour the bottle of dry white wine, ½ cup brandy (or soju), ¼ cup triple sec, and ¼ cup simple syrup. Stir with a wooden spoon to blend the flavors. Taste and adjust the simple syrup—some like their Strawberry Sangria sweeter, others prefer a tart edge.
Infuse – Add the sliced fruit to the pitcher. Gently muddle with a wooden spoon. Just enough to release their juices without turning them to mush.
Chill – Cover the pitcher with a lid or plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 2 hours. Overnight is best. The longer it sits, the more the strawberries’ ruby essence deepens the drink’s hue and taste.
Optional – Add Fizz – Right before serving, pour in 2 cups of sparkling water or lemon-lime soda for a bubbly lift. Stir gently to mix the fizz.
Optional – Garnish – Fill tall glasses with ice cubes, then ladle the Strawberry Sangria over the ice, ensuring each glass gets a generous scoop of fruit. Garnish with a fresh strawberry slice on the rim or a sprig of mint for a pop of color.
Enjoy – Sip slowly, letting the strawberries’ sweetness and citrusy zing transport you to a sunny paradise.
Final Notes:
Why Strawberry Sangria is Your Summer Go-To
Strawberry Sangria isn’t just a drink—it’s a vibe. Its rosy hue, studded with floating strawberries and citrus, captures summer’s essence in every glass. Whether you’re hosting a backyard barbecue, lounging at a beach picnic, or toasting a sunset date night, this refreshing cocktail elevates any moment. Plus, its versatility lets you customize it to your crowd—make it boozier with extra brandy, lighter with soju, or alcohol-free with white grape juice for the mindful drinking crowd.
In 2025, sangria’s popularity is soaring alongside global flavors like soju (1.34M case exports), as drinkers crave refreshing, fruit-forward cocktails. Strawberry Sangria fits right in, offering a balance of sweetness and fizz that’s perfect for warm days. Want to explore more summer drinks? Check out our Peach White Sangria Recipe for another fruity twist!
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Indulge in the crisp and refreshing taste of summer with our peach white Sangria drink recipe. Made with the delicate flavors of Pinot Grigio wine and a medley of fresh fruits, this sangria recipe is sure to become a favorite at your next gathering. Let’s dive into the details of crafting this irresistible beverage.
White Sangria Drink Recipe
Ingredients:
To create this delicious white sangria drink recipe, gather the following:
1 bottle of Pinot Grigio white wine
1/2 cup peach schnapps
1/4 cup triple sec
1/4 cup simple syrup (adjust to taste)
1 cup sliced peaches
1 cup sliced strawberries
1 orange
1 lemon
1 lime
2 cups sparkling water or lemon-lime soda (optional)
Fresh mint leaves for garnish
Ice cubes for serving
Assembly:
Prepare the Fruits by washing and slicing them. Thin slices are better. They infuse with more intensity.
Combine the Pinot Grigio white wine, peach schnapps, triple sec, and simple syrup. Stir until the ingredients are mixed.
Dump the fruit into the pitcher. Use a wooden spoon to gently muddle the fruits. This helps release their juices.
Cover the pitcher with plastic wrap or a lid and refrigerate for at least 2 hours, or preferably overnight. Allowing the sangria to chill allows the flavors to meld together, resulting in a more harmonious blend.
Optional- Just before serving, pour in the sparkling water or lemon-lime soda to add a refreshing fizz to the sangria. Stir gently.
Fill glasses with ice cubes and ladle the white sangria over the ice.
Garnish each glass with a sprig of fresh mint for an aromatic touch.
Final Notes:
With its delicate flavors and vibrant fruity notes, this White Sangria is a delightful beverage that captures the essence of summer. Whether you’re hosting a backyard barbecue or lounging by the pool, this refreshing sangria is sure to impress your guests and elevate any occasion. So gather your friends, raise your glasses, and toast to the joys of summer with this irresistible white sangria recipe. Cheers!
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Enjoy a unique blend of sweet and spicy flavors with our latest creation: Raspberry Jalapeño Red Wine Sangria.
This unique sangria drink combines the rich depth of red wine with the vibrant sweetness of raspberries and a hint of heat from fresh jalapeños, creating a symphony of flavors that will ignite your senses and elevate your summer gatherings. Join us as we delve into the recipe for this unforgettable concoction and discover how you can add a bold twist to your next soirée.
Spicy Red Sangria Recipe
Ingredients:
To create this tantalizing Raspberry Jalapeño Red Wine Sangria, gather the following ingredients:
A bottle of Tempranillo or Grenache red wine (feeling fancy? Check out this delicious Bayfield Winery Row 25
1/2 cup raspberry vodka
1/4 cup triple sec
1/4 cup simple syrup
1 pint fresh raspberries
1 jalapeño pepper, thinly sliced (seeds removed for less heat)
1 orange, sliced
2 cups ginger ale or club soda (for fizz)
Ice cubes
Assembly:
Slice your fruit. All of it. Large chunks will do. Put in a large pitcher.
Add your bottle of wine
Chuck in your raspberry vodka, triple sec, and simple syrup
Let sit for 2 hours minimum (overnight is better.)
Grab the glass of your choosing. Fill the glass half full with ice. Add your sangria.
Add your fizzy soda if you want a fizz to your sangria.
Enjoy.
Final Notes:
With its bold flavors and unexpected combination of ingredients, our Raspberry Jalapeño Red Wine Sangria is sure to spice up your summer gatherings and leave a lasting impression on your guests. Whether you’re hosting a backyard barbecue, a dinner party, or a casual get-together with friends, this unique sangria drink is the perfect way to add a touch of excitement and flair to any occasion. Cheerio to culinary creativity and adventurous spirits!
Ain’t got time for that, or traveling to the beach and want more convenience? Check out our premade sangria kits.
“Anyway, I’ll Drink to That” is a Boozn Sam’s production, exploring the fun, quirky, and fascinating tales of drinks (homemade sangria in this episode) that define culture, history and the world. Every drink has a story to tell, and I’m going to tell it…as true as I can. Hosted by Sam, from Boozn Sam’s. Saddle up with a good cocktail and give me a few minutes of your time for a mystery surrounding a drink that changed the world.
Episode 29 Notes:
The traveling Hank went around the world, only to find a secret summer treasure, in a remote place, an old man, and an island that had many secrets to share, including homemade sangria.
Transcript of Podcast:
*This is the entire podcast episode in written form. Do not read if you want the audio version to be spoiled.
The water is blue today. A Hardware store $20 tarp blue color. And the only difference between the tarp and what moves before Hank is the diamonds shimmering across the surface as the wind ripples the water, which reflects the sun. Below his feet the sand is hot and he had to turn his feet on their edges to protect the soles from scalding. The sand is a fine silt and feels soft. Behind him, there is the tink, tink, tink of the cooling four wheeler engine.
He’s dusty from zipping down dry roads on the island and speeding past hand built, stone stacked walls with reckless joy. The land was partitioned off by these simple stone walls, which were formed by men who had stacked blocks of stone on top of each other. They weren’t high, maybe knee height in some places to waist-high in others, but they served their purpose whether that was to keep animals in or mark off territory.
Hank zipped by them all. He liked to punch the throttle and hear the engine whine. See the trail of dust leap into the air and form a thin line like crop-dusters dusting fields of corn. This reckless abandon led Hank many places. It took him to a marble quarry where precious, famous marble is mined. It’s the same type of marble that was used in the statues throughout Athens. Or, in the temples and ancient ruins of that city.
There are other wonders on the islands too. The butterfly house with native flowers and butterflies that smells like lavender and crisp, tree fruit. Hank was moving slow and quiet through the house, letting the butterflies circle around him and brush against his skin. Then dash away to the safety of flower petals and leaves.
Beyond the butterfly house and the marble quarry, there is a winery with a handwritten “Wine and Liquor” sign in black paint. At first Hank couldn’t find the man. He turned to leave when we heard someone call him back. And there he was. An older Greek man, emerging from a nearby garage. Following him into his small barn he cleared off two seats and took a seat himself.
He was in his mid fifties and had spent his whole life in this house. His mother before him and her mother before her had owned the property. When he was younger he had ventured off the Island and traveled around Europe. He went to school for engineering. He worked as a sailor. He worked in Spain. He traveled extensively.
Eventually, he returned home to his simple life of working the land with his hands and turning the products of nature into products for consumption. He chain smoked and spoke in a combination of spanish, english and greek calling a church, iglesia and a beach, playa. He set out his honey liquor and kept talking. He had sunshine in his heart and he was determined to share it.
His son left him. Moved to the mainland. He needed the city life, the vintner said. He needed the excitement. There was nothing he wanted here.
Hank looked around. The idea struck him as odd. This place to hold everything worth having and none of the things that were worth avoiding. There was no traffic. No fear of getting robbed or beaten. Derelict buildings were replaced with sunshine and fresh air instead of car exhaust.
Hank liked the man. Hank also liked the honey liquor. So, Hank bought a bottle of white wine from the man and felt the sunshine in his heart. Then he stuffed the wine into his four wheeler and continued on. He road through the dusty switchbacks from one side of the island to the other and found an empty beach. This, was as good a place as any to enjoy a nice bottle of wine. A good bottle of wine is also made better by the people and place. That goes for a mediocre bottle of wine too. Come to think of it. The people and the moment, are just as important as the experience itself.
So, that’s what drove Hank off of his four wheeler in the middle of the day and on to the beach. The beaches in Greece are different. Ungroomed. Sharp and pointy on the feet. You have to swing your arms for balance as stones jab at you. Hank looked like an ape in that moment. Picking his way through the hot, golden sand on the edges of his feet. Trying to avoid the sharp, jabbing pangs from the rocky beach. Swinging his arms for balance. The only thing missing was an “oooo”, “oooo”, “oooo!”
Whooshhhh!
Another wave crashes against the shore of the empty beach. Hank took a sip of the wine and reflected on his life. Most didn’t believe he lived this life. They thought he was lying. They couldn’t related to it so it couldn’t be true.
But, a month ago it was St. Petersburg, Russia and then shooting big guns in Estonia. Two weeks ago it was Budapest seeing the travesties of socialism in a former soviet bloc country. Today it’s the Greek islands for Hank, an area often described with clichés such as “sun-soaked” and “white-washed.”
Days ago Hank left behind the busy city of Athens, its crowded streets, noisy cars and constant bustle for this little plot of sand he now sits on. Life on the islands is different, simpler. It’s made better by wine.
And this wine tastes light like the carefree attitude of island life. It’s airy, like the wind blowing through you on a cliff overlooking the ocean. Soft and friendly, like the vintner’s smile. But, the wine also has hints of something more. It’s a perfect wine. A perfect summer sipper.
And it reminded Hank of the plants near the top of the island. They were green and very much alive but struggling against the heat and dry ground to grow big. They had that special quality of surviving, despite harsh conditions.
They put down roots into the ground and latched on to the dry, hard ground with all their strength. They were not going anywhere. They would fulfill their purpose, even if these vines wouldn’t grow as tall or hardy as some of their other European siblings. They would adapt to the difficult conditions. They would grow in different ways, with their trunks winding in a circle around themselves as a way to protect the buds inside. They would share their grapes. They would bring joy, like they were bringing joy now to Hank.
And in their taste they would also give hope. Because a good glass of wine can be the only thing that matters, at times. In truth, the rest of the things don’t matter. Nothing matters, in fact, but being in that moment. In that place, wherever that place is. With whoever you want to share that moment with.
For Hank, right now this was the island of Paros, a place not claiming to have the best sunset in the world, or the lost city of Atlantis, but a place holding a silent confidence in its beaches, which line either side of the island, like a sandwich, with a great mountain in the middle.
A place where you can smell tropical flowers in the air, have butterflies brush your skin, and speak to a retired engineer who is staying young by keeping the sunshine in his heart, and sharing that sunshine with whoever stops by.
It would actually be that sunshine which would inspire Hank over a decade later in a different way. A way that would create a product that could also give people that same sense of connection to the present moment and the joy of being there.
It’s why Hank added lavender to his homemade sangria, as a reminder of those strong, tropical smells that inspired him all those years ago. As a way to transport other people to that same state of mind. To experience the best within them, by experiencing the best around them. Because, the fact is, that life is meant to be lived and the best way to live life is through experiences.
It’s why Hank, which was the pen name for me, Sam,
Decided to create Sam’s Sangria, a Greek inspired homemade sangria
It was a selfish reason really.
An inability to find a drink that could taste like the Greek Islands tasted.
An inability to find someone who had the experience, the years of travel, the work ethic, and the desire to actually create a drink that had some thought behind it.
It’s a selfish reason really.
The desire to bring the sunshine to your heart, the way the retired engineer, turned vintner brought the sunshine to my heart.
You’re here for a white sangria cocktail recipe, so let’s get it. This recipe is modeled after our popular Santeria Sangria, which is a blend between traditional, Spanish sangria and a refreshing, unique Boozn Sam’s take in the form of floral notes that balance out the sweet fruit flavors.
Ingredients:
A bottle of Pinot Grigio
1/4 cup Elderflower liqueur
1/2 cup Grand Marnier
1 medium sized orange, sliced
1/2 pint of fresh raspberries
1/2 pint of strawberries, sliced
1 lemon, sliced thin
Fresh Mint
Ice cubes
Assembly
Slice your fruit. All of it. Large chunks will do. Put in a large pitcher.
Add your bottle of wine
Add your liquor. Note, the liquor adds tastes and fortifies. You can make this without extra liquor. Add another orange and a full pint of strawberries.
Let sit for an hour (overnight is better.)
Grab the glass of your choosing. Fill the glass half full with ice. Add your sangria.
Garnish with your fresh mint.
Enjoy.
The Extended Version for making a White Sangria Cocktail Recipe
n this blog post, we’ll be sharing a sensational Orange White Sangria Cocktail recipe that will elevate your summer gatherings to new heights. Bursting with citrusy flavors and infused with the essence of the season, this cocktail is guaranteed to be a hit at any soirée. So, let’s embark on a journey to cocktail perfection and delight in the flavors of summer.
Sangria is best served chilled, allowing the flavors to meld together and develop over time. Many recipes recommend refrigerating the sangria for several hours or even overnight before serving to achieve the optimal flavor profile.
One of the great things about sangria is its versatility. You can customize it to suit your taste preferences and the ingredients you have on hand. Experiment with different fruits, wines, spirits, and sweeteners to create your own signature sangria masterpiece.
Ingredients:
A bottle of Pinot Grigio
1/4 cup Elderflower liqueur
1/2 cup Grand Marnier
1 medium sized orange, sliced
1/2 pint of fresh raspberries
1/2 pint of strawberries, sliced
1 lemon, sliced thin
Fresh Mint
Ice cubes
Assembly
Slice your fruit. All of it. Large chunks will do. Put in a large pitcher.
Add your bottle of wine
Add your liquor. Note, the liquor adds tastes and fortifies. You can make this without extra liquor. Add another orange and a full pint of strawberries.
Let sit for an hour (overnight is better.)
Grab the glass of your choosing. Fill the glass half full with ice. Add your sangria.
Garnish with your fresh mint.
Enjoy.
Final Notes:
The longer you let your white sangria cocktail recipe sit the stronger the flavors will infuse and the more intense your sangria will be. I like to let my drinks meld overnight. If you’re short on time, and want to skip the hassle of buying all the ingredients, buy the kit. Many of the ingredients are organic, and, since they are dried ingredients, they are more potent. You can get a great sangria in 10 minutes!
You’re here for the red sangria recipe, so let’s get it. This recipe is modeled after our popular Santeria Sangria, which is a blend between traditional, Spanish sangria and a refreshing, unique Boozn Sam’s take in the form of floral notes that balance out the sweet fruit flavors.
Ingredients:
A bottle of Tempranillo or Grenache red wine (feeling fancy? Check out this delicious Bayfield Winery Row 25
1 medium sized red apple
1 medium sized oranges, sliced
1/2 pint of fresh raspberries
1/2 pint of fresh blueberries
1/2 pint of strawberries
Dried Rose or Hibiscus Petals
Ice cubes
Assembly
Slice your fruit. All of it. Large chunks will do. Put in a large pitcher.
Add your bottle of wine
Let sit for an hour (overnight is better.)
Grab the glass of your choosing. Fill the glass half full with ice. Add your sangria.
Garnish with your flower petals.
Enjoy.
*Fortify with triple sec orange
The Extended Version for making Red Sangria
Although sangria’s appeal lies in its versatility and the way it brings people together over food and drink, nothing beats a good ol’ fashioned red sangria recipe. This recipe is modeled after our popular Santeria Sangria, which is a blend between traditional, Spanish sangria and a refreshing, unique Boozn Sam’s take in the form of floral notes that balance out the sweet fruit flavors.
It’s perfect for all sunny, summer activities. The Beach. Grilling out. Bike Rides. In your coffee mug at playgrounds with your kids. Running with the bulls in Spain. Proof I did that:
The word “sangria” itself is derived from the Spanish word “sangre,” meaning “blood,” which refers to the deep red color of traditional red sangria. The earliest documented references to sangria date back to the Middle Ages when it was common practice to mix wine with water to purify it and make it safer to drink.
We’re keeping things Spanish around here. Hola. So, the wines provided are sweeter, lighter Spanish wines. But, if you want to spice things up you can always use a local wine from your area. I’m a big fan of a rose, like this rose called Row 25, from my friends at Bayfield Winery.
Ingredients:
A bottle of Tempranillo or Grenache red wine
1 medium sized red apple
1 medium sized oranges, sliced
1/2 pint of fresh raspberries
1/2 pint of fresh blueberries
1/2 pint of strawberries
Dried Rose or Hibiscus Petals
Ice cubes
Assembly
Slice your fruit. All of it. Large chunks will do. Put in a large pitcher.
Add your bottle of wine
Let sit for an hour (overnight is better.)
Grab the glass of your choosing. Fill the glass half full with ice. Add your sangria.
Garnish with your flower petals.
Enjoy.
*Fortify with triple sec orange
Final Notes:
The longer you let your red sangria recipe sit the stronger the flavors will infuse and the more intense your sangria will be. I like to let my drinks meld overnight. If you’re short on time, and want to skip the hassle of buying all the ingredients, buy the kit. Many of the ingredients are organic, and, since they are dried ingredients, they are more potent. You can get a great sangria in 10 minutes!
