Sangria Jump To Recipe This post may contain affiliate links.Please read my disclosure policy.Learn how to make authentic Spanish sangria with this easy sangria recipe.

It only takes a few minutes to prep, it’s easy to customize with your favorite wine and fruit, and it’s great for entertaining a crowd! Ever since we moved to Barcelona, I’ve received lots of requests for an authentic Spanish sangria recipe here on the blog.But as it turns out…locals here actually don’t really drink much sangria.(Which came as a total surprise to us too!) If you glance around a restaurant here in Spain, it’s almost always the tourists who are the ones with pitchers of sangria on their tables.

When locals here are craving a cold drink, they usually opt instead for a glass of vermut (here in Catalonia) or sidra (in Asturias) or tinto de verano (wine with lemon soda down in the south) or kalimotxo (wine with Coke in the Basque country).Granted, Spaniards do proudly take the credit for sangria, although the details of its origins are a bit murky.And my Spanish friends also made sure to note as I was writing this post that they do occasionally make a batch of sangria at home in the summertime, especially when they’re looking for a cheap and easy way to provide drinks for a crowd.

But with amazing high-quality wine being so affordable and abundant here in Spain, most of the time people here would much prefer to just drink it straight instead of di

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