🍷 Sangria
Also known as: sangría, Spanish wine punch
A cold Spanish drink of wine, fruit and sugar.
Sangria is a Spanish cold drink of wine, fruit and sugar. Usually red wine is used. Under EU rules it is flavoured with natural citrus extracts or essences, with or without citrus juice; spices and carbon dioxide may be added, and pieces of citrus pulp or peel may remain in it. Colouring is not allowed: the colour comes only from the ingredients. Spirit is not added to sangria: with brandy or wine spirit added, EU law calls the drink zurra.
The name "sangria" may be used as a sales name only for a drink made in Spain or Portugal. Elsewhere in the EU it may only accompany the name "aromatised wine-based drink", together with the words "produced in" and the country. The finished drink must have at least 4.5 and less than 12 percent alcohol. That is weaker than many wines.
Sangria is an aromatised wine drink. Next to it stand tinto de verano, the Spanish mix of wine and soda, and German Bowle, where wine is mixed with fruit.
How it connects to Wine
🍷 Sangria → kind of → 🍷 Aromatised wine → made from → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🍷 Aromatised wine
- Where it is made
- 🗺️ Spanish wine, 🗺️ Portuguese wine
- Similar and different
- 🍷 Tinto de verano, 🍷 Red wine, 🍷 Wine cocktails, 🍷 Bowle, 🍷 Glögg
Frequently asked questions
Is it true that sangria can be coloured to look redder?
No. Colouring is not allowed; the colour comes only from the ingredients.
What may sangria be flavoured with under EU rules?
Natural citrus extracts or essences, with or without citrus juice; spices and carbon dioxide may be added.
What is zurra?
Sangria with brandy or wine spirit added; it has at least 9 and less than 14 percent alcohol.
Recipes
What to read next
- 🗺️ Spanish wine — The country's wine and winemaking: regions, grapes and appellations.
- 🍷 Wine cocktails — Mixed drinks based on wine: EU aromatised wine-product cocktails under 10 % vol.; spritzer, Kir, Spritz and kalimotxo are recipes.
- 🍷 Glögg — A spiced wine drink; EU law lists it as Viiniglögi / Vinglögg (at least 7% vol.) and, in a stronger form, Väkevä viiniglögi / Starkvinsglögg.
- 🗺️ Portuguese wine — The country's wine and winemaking: regions, grapes, appellations.
- 🍷 Bowle — A cold German punch of wine, sparkling wine and fruit or woodruff.
Similar
🍷 Mulled wine · 🍷 Quinquina · 🍷 Americano (aromatised wine) · 🍷 Bitter aromatised wine · 🍷 Vermouth · 🍷 Kalimotxo
⚠️ Wine contains alcohol: adults only, drink in moderation. Wine usually contains sulphites; egg white or milk proteins are sometimes used for fining — important for allergies and for vegans.