Strong Sangria Recipe

For those who like their liquor strong, this powerful sangria recipe aims to please. Fortified with wine, vodka, and gin, this recipe will strip you from your everyday worries (and perhaps, your memory as well). Olé!

Makes 6 glasses
Difficulty: Very easy
Preparation time: 10 minutes

Ingredients

3 1/4 cups ( 26 fl. oz) dry red wine
2 cups (16 fl. oz) sparkling apple juice
4 tablespoons gin
4 tablespoons citron-flavored vodka
2 tablespoons sugar
Juice of 1 large orange
Juice of 1 large lemon
1 small orange, sliced thin crosswise
1 small lemon, sliced thin crosswise
1 small lime, sliced thin crosswise

Preparation

Pour all the ingredients into a large pitcher, mix well, and refrigerate. Serve chilled over ice.

Recommended Wines

Protocolo '02

Wine Spectator: "This plush red is rich with chocolate and black cherry flavors, thick and almost sweet on the palate, with ripe, well-integrated tannins and a spicy finish. Drink now through 2007. 15,000 cases imported. 87 Points."