Summer Sangria
Wine: Merlot or Cabernet Shiraz
Served in: Wine Glass
Ingredients
1 bottle Artful Winemaker Merlot or Cabernet Shiraz
1 lemon, sliced
1 orange, sliced
2 cups assorted sliced fruit (i.e. strawberries, peaches, raspberries, etc.)
2 tbsp sugar
1/4 cup Triple Sec
1 cup orange juice
2 cups club soda or ginger ale
Preparation
Combine all ingredients in a glass serving pitcher except for the club soda. For best flavor refrigerate over night adding club soda and ice just before serving.
Bishop Cocktail
Wine: Burgundy
Served in: Highball Glass
Ingredients
juice of 1/4 lemon
juice of 1/4 orange
1 tsp powdered sugar
Burgundy wine
Preparation
Shake juice of lemon, juice of orange, and powdered sugar with ice and strain into a highball glass. Add two ice cubes, fill with burgundy, and stir well. Decorate with various fruits and serve.
Seaside-Summerbliss
Wine: Red
Served in: Red Wine Glass
Alcohol content: 4%
Ingredients
2 parts red wine
3 parts sweet non-alcoholic apple cider
Preparation
Red wine first, then the cider.
Merry Merlot
Wine: Merlot
Served in: White Wine Glass
Alcohol content: 2%
Ingredients
1 oz Merlot wine
4 oz ginger ale
Preparation
Pour both ingredients over ice in a large wine glass. Garnish with slices of lemon, lime and orange, and serve.
Cabernet Cobbler
Wine: Cabernet/Shiraz
Served in: White Wine Glass
Alcohol content: 7%
Ingredients
4 oz chilled Cabernet/Shiraz red wine
1 tsp fresh lemon juice
1 tsp superfine sugar
2 oz chilled soda water
Preparation
Dissolve the sugar in the lemon juice and the water in a large wine glass. Add cracked ice and pour the Cabernet Shiraz wine. Stir gently. Garnish with an orange slice, and serve.
Calimocho Torreon Special
Wine: Red
Served in: Highball Glass
Ingredients
1/2 glass red wine
1/2 glass Coca-Cola®
Preparation
Fill the highball glass with ice, then half fill it with red wine, and half fill it with coca-cola. Enjoy.
Little Eva
Wine: Merlot
Served in: White Wine Glass
Alcohol content: 5%
Ingredients
2 oz Merlot wine
1/4 oz triple sec
1 tsp lime juice
4 oz lemon-lime soda
Preparation
Pour the Merlot wine, triple sec, and lime (or lemon) juice over ice in a white wine glass. Stir, and add the soda. Stir again gently, and serve.
Kalimotxo
Wine: Red
Served in: Highball Glass
Alcohol content: 6%
Ingredients
4 oz red wine
4 oz Coca-Cola®
Preparation
Best served cold in a highball glass, but without ice.
Kalte Muschi
Wine: Red
Served in: Beer Mug
Ingredients
8 oz red wine
8 oz Coca-Cola®
1 - 2 slices lemon
Preparation
Pour the red wine into a 16-oz mug or glass (ie. beer mug), then slowly add Coca-cola (don't use cheap cola), lemon slices and ice cubes.
Queen Charlotte
Wine: red
Served in: Collins Glass
Ingredients
2 oz red wine
1 oz grenadine syrup
lemon-lime soda
Preparation
Pour red wine and grenadine into a collins glass over ice cubes. Fill with lemon-lime soda, stir, and serve.
Red Wine Cooler
Wine: red
Served in: Highball Glass
Alcohol content: 6%
Ingredients
4 oz red wine
2 oz lemon-lime soda
2 oz ginger ale
Preparation
Pour the wine, lemon-lime soda and ginger ale into a highball glass almost filled with ice cubes. Stir well. Garnish with a twist of lemon and a slice of orange, and serve.
Red Wine Cooler
Wine: Red
Served in: Highball Glass
Alcohol content: 6%
Ingredients
4 oz red wine
2 oz lemon-lime soda
2 oz ginger ale