Holiday Sangria

A delicious Holiday Sangria recipe to enjoy the season! Celebrate the flavors of the holiday season with this delicious festive cocktail recipe! 

This homemade Christmas Sangria recipe is the perfect party punch to enjoy at your holiday party. It is the perfect drink to toast with family and friends.

This Festive Christmas sangria is filled with fruit juices and is one of our easy cocktail recipes you will want to bookmark for later.

Why This Recipe?

Delicious – This is a tasty and festive sangria to enjoy for a happy hour or holiday cocktail party. It is one of the best sangria recipe ideas to savor the season. 

Festive Drink- This drink looks so festive and is beautiful with fresh seasonal fruits – green apples, orange slices, fresh cranberries, and rosemary sprigs. The fruit juice from the citrus fruits will blend with the wine for a delicious cocktail.

Simple Recipe – It is one of the easiest cocktail recipes to make and you can make it ahead of time.

Holiday Flavor – This sweet wine cocktail makes the perfect Christmas sangria for your holiday parties. This sweet sangria can be a signature cocktail for the season.

This delicious recipe is so colorful and yet so simple to make!

Ingredients For Holiday Sangria

Cabernet sauvignon
Cranberry juice
Brandy
Triple sec
Oranges
Apples
Cranberries – use fresh cranberries
Cinnamon sticks – for garnish
Rosemary – optional but works great for garnish

Full list in recipe card.

Equipment and Bar Tools Needed

• Large pitcher or punch bowl
• knife
• cutting board
• cocktail spoon or wooden spoon
• Ladle
• wine glasses – with a stem or stemless. Use plastic if serving a lot of people.

How to Make A Christmas Sangria

1. Place the fruit in a  large bowl or pitcher.
2. Add the wine and remaining ingredients.
3. Chill in the refrigerator.
4. The longer the fruit marinates the better.
5. Serve over ice and place some of the cut fruit in the glasses.

Pro Tips and Timesaver Shortcuts

• Make a double batch so that you have plenty on hand.
• You can make this with any seasonal fruit.
• If you don’t have a punch bowl, use a large clear glass bowl and serve with a ladle.

Variations, Notes, and Substitutions

• You can substitute white wine (such as a sauvignon blanc) for red wine.
• If you like your sangria a little sweeter, you can make a simple syrup and add a cup to the recipe. You can throw in a splash of ginger beer as a floater when serving. 
• If you don’t have a cabernet on hand, you can use a pinot noir or red bland in place of the cabernet.
• You can sub pomegranate juice for the cranberry juice.

Serving and Storage Suggestions

• I like to serve this in a large pitcher or punch bowl. The beverage servers with pour spouts do not work as well with sangrias because ta) the fruit will get stuck in the spout and b) the fruit really should be served with the red sangria. 
• This is an alcoholic beverage, if you want to make a mocktail, you can substitute ginger ale or club soda for the red wine and omit the brandy and triple sec.
• Refrigerate overnight for the best flavor as it is btter the next day. I like to make this the night before Christmas day and serve it at my Christmas dinner. . For a bubbly sangria, add a splash of club soda just before serving

More Delicious Christmas Cocktail Recipes

These fun christmas cocktails are perfect for your next Christmas party.

Peppermint White Russian Cocktail – a fun twist with Peppermint flavor

Rudolph Rum Cocktail – A fun holiday cocktail recipe made with rum!

Captains’ Rum Lemonade  – A refreshing lemonade just for adults!

Ruby Reef Rum Punch – made with Elderflower liqueur, this is a tasty and beautiful cocktail.

Apple Whiskey sour –  A delicious apple cocktail

Summer Sangria Recipes – Two delicious wine sangria recipes for summer

Patriotic Sangria – A delicious Red white and blue cocktail.

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