With strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, and blackberries, this sparkling berry sangria is packed with summer flavor. It's perfect for entertaining a crowd, and comes together in just a few minutes.
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Why We Love This Recipe
- Easy recipe: Unlike a lot of other fruit sangria recipes, there's no muddling required here. Just slice up some strawberries, and add all of your berries to the pitcher alongside the other ingredients. That's it! It takes about 5 minutes to get this mixed berry sangria ready, plus chilling time before serving.
- Summer refresher: With fresh berries, fruit juice and raspberry liqueur, this sangria screams summer, without being too sweet, thanks to the lemon juice.
- Light & bubbly: Instead of using red or white wine, we prefer using prosecco in this sparkling berry sangria to keep things a bit lighter for summer.
- Great for a crowd: If you have friends or family over for a summer occasion, like the 4th of July or Father's Day, this is the perfect pitcher recipe. It serves (at least) 8, and you can easily multiply the quantities for larger groups. We also love our Berry Bourbon Lemonade Pitcher Cocktail and Strawberry Peach Basil Sangria for a crowd!
Ingredients
Here's what you'll need to make this sparkling berry sangria:
Ingredient Notes
- Berries: We used strawberries, blackberries, blueberries, and raspberries, but you could also try cherries or currants. (We LOVE adding cherries, but it does take extra prep time to pit them, so we don't always add!)
- Fruit juice: Cherry, blueberry, or cranberry juice would work well in this recipe. We use 100% (unsweetened) juice. If you're using sweetened juice, you can leave out the simple syrup to prevent this berry sangria from being overly sweet.
- Sparkling wine: We used Prosecco, but Champagne, Cava, or a sparkling Rosé would also be delicious!
- Chambord: This is the most popular variety of raspberry liqueur. If you can't find it and don't have any on hand, you can also use another fruit liqueur, like Crème de Cassis, Pama, or even Limoncello.
- Simple syrup: To save time, use store-bought, but to save money, make it from scratch with just equal parts water and sugar! Heat in a saucepan until the sugar dissolves, then remove from heat and let cool completely before using.
Instructions
(1) Add berries to a large pitcher.
(2) Add simple syrup, water, lemon juice, fruit juice, and Chambord to the pitcher.
(3) Stir well. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours (or more if you have time).
(4) Before serving, pour in prosecco, stir well and serve!
Customize Your Sangria
- Make it a mocktail: Replace raspberry liqueur with more fruit juice and swap out Prosecco for sparkling water or nonalcoholic sparkling wine.
- Un-sparkle it: You can use a dry white wine, like a Sauvignon Blanc or Chardonnay, in place of the Prosecco to create a more traditional wine sangria. Or, use both!
- Muddle it: If you want to release even more fruit flavor into your sangria, you can use a muddler or a wooden spoon to mash the berries in the bottom of the pitcher before you pour in the liquids. It still tastes great without this step, though!
- Add a flavored simple syrup: Infuse your simple syrup with an herb like basil, mint or lavender for an extra boost of flavor!
- Extra boozy version: Feel free to add in a splash of vodka or gin. (Just don't over-do it!)
Tips and FAQs
- Chill time: Ideally, you should let the sangria chill in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours to give the fruit time to soak up flavor and vice versa. You can make the sangria up to 24 hours ahead of serving for maximum flavor, just wait to add the prosecco until before serving so it doesn't lose all of its fizz.
- Cut any large berries: to impart more flavor to your sangria, cut any large berries (strawberries, blackberries) in half or into quarters.
- If you can find one, use a juice without any added sugar. If your juice is super sweet, we'd recommend omitting the simple syrup.
- Serving: Since you're likely making this for a crowd, prepare it in the pitcher and pour out into individual glasses, making sure to get some fruit into each glass. For mess free serving, try using a ladle. This allows you to serve some of the berries in each glass without making a mess from pouring.
- Storage: Store leftovers in the refrigerator for up to 2 days. Stir well again before serving.
- Serve with: Below are a few of our favorite summer recipes for a crowd that pair perfectly with this sparkling berry sangria!
Raspberries, blackberries, strawberries, and blueberries are the top four, but cherries, or red/black currants will work as well.
Bring equal parts sugar and water to a simmer in a small saucepan, stir until sugar dissolves, remove from heat and let cool. For a small batch, we suggest ½ cup each of sugar and water. Store in refrigerator.
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📖 Recipe
Sparkling Berry Sangria
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: Serves 8
- Diet: Vegan
Description
With strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, and blackberries, this sparkling berry sangria is packed with summer flavor. It's perfect for entertaining a crowd, and comes together in just a few minutes.
Ingredients
- 2 cups mixed berries (strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries)
- 4 ounces raspberry liqueur (Chambord)
- 6 ounces water
- 4 ounces cherry or blueberry juice
- 2 ounces simple syrup
- 2 ounces freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1 bottle of Prosecco (or champagne, cava, sparkling rosé)
Instructions
- Slice any large berries (like strawberries) and add to a large pitcher.
- Add in simple syrup, water, lemon juice, fruit juice, and Chambord to the pitcher and stir well. Chill in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours, or longer if you have time.
- Pour in the Prosecco just before serving and stir well before serving.
Notes
Chill time: Ideally, you should let the sangria chill in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours to give the fruit time to soak up flavor and vice versa. You can make the sangria up to 24 hours ahead of serving for maximum flavor, just wait to add the prosecco until before serving so it doesn't lose all of its fizz.
Serving: For mess free serving, try using a ladle. This allows you to serve some of the berries in each glass without making a mess from pouring.
We use 100% (unsweetened) fruit juice. If using sweetened juice, we'd recommend omitting the simple syrup.
Storage: Store leftovers in the refrigerator for up to 2 days. Stir well again before serving.
Prosecco: You can also sub with champagne, sparkling rosé, cava, or even a dry white wine like pinot grigio.
How to make simple syrup: Bring equal parts sugar and water to a simmer in a small saucepan, stir until sugar dissolves, remove from heat and let cool. For a small batch, we suggest ½ cup each of sugar and water. Store in refrigerator.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Chill time: 2 hours
- Category: Cocktails
- Method: No Cook
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 173
- Sugar: 15.2 g
- Sodium: 3.4 mg
- Fat: 0.2 g
- Carbohydrates: 19.5 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 0.4 g
Keywords: sparkling berry sangria
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