Thursday, May 21, 2020
Who needs an easy cocktail recipe for summer? Tinto de Verano comes to us from Spain. Spain produces a lot of red wine as you may know. Tinto or tinted is what they call it – vino tinto. So, tinto de verano simply means summer red wine. I know some of you are big red wine drinkers. I can usually drink reds without getting a headache, but the white wines sometimes do me in!
I happened to have an opened bottle of a pretty decent cabernet sauvignon from… CVS. I am class like that.
Simply pour about a half glass of red wine to a half glass of lemon lime soft drink or my favorite – I talk about it all the time – Fresca.
You might be surprised and you might be reminded of a lighter tasting sangria. Some sangrias can be quite heavy. I love the added carbonation – I talk about that all the time, too. Give this a try! Maybe break out the charcuterie. There is nothing that says you can’t travel to Spain on your patio.
Let me know if you try it!
Amy
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Well, this looks easy and delish !
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I drank it yesterday and can tell you that it is!
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I love making sangria!
Also, super jealous that you can just buy wine at CVS. You practically need to sign a waiver to buy alcohol in the dumb state of Pennsylvania.
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Do you have a good recipe?
We can’t buy anything but beer or hard seltzer at the grocery though! Tell me how that makes sense? And no alcohol sales period on Sunday until 1!
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We picked up a bottle of zinfandel for tonight. I might give this a try!
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Let me know what you think!
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This reminded me of my mom adding sprite to wine back in the day. I’m a big wine drinker and love a good sangria. I‘m going to give this a try!
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Was that a thing? I love it! You could add a lemon slice to glass or even fruit like a true sangria.
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I had some Zin last night and I love it but felt a like it was a bit heavy, so I will definitely give this a try this weekend, maybe with a slice of orange!
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Oooh orange would work well! Let me know if you like it!
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That looks so yummy! I am definitely having one this weekend! Thanks for sharing!
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Let me know what you think! It’s so easy but those are often the best!
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