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Rainbow Sangria brings the delicious tastes of Spain right to your backyard. Sangria is a delicious punch made up of fruit, wine, triple sec, and juices and is a traditional Spanish cocktail. It’s the perfect drink to serve at a summer party. It is cool, refreshing, and beautiful!
Rainbow Sangria is an easy drink to serve to a crowd. You can easily whip up a huge batch that will make your guests happy all night long.
What is Sangria?
Sangria is a traditional Spanish drink that originated in Portugal and Spain. It is made from wine, chopped fruit, and other varieties of liquor and/or juices. It typically comes in red sangria (using red wine) or white sangria (using white wine).
After only a day in this wonderful city, we got to know the sangria pretty well, and let’s just say it inspired us to bring our favorite new drink home to share with our friends.
This past weekend we spent the weekend with our friends, Sara and Scott, at their lake house.
I couldn’t think of a better opportunity to try our hand at making sangria. The first thing I did was talk to my sister, Julie.
Her husband and his family used to own an amazing Spanish tapas restaurant in Grand Rapids, Michigan called San Chez. We based our recipe on the yummy sangria from San Chez – but let’s just say we Princess Pink-ified it (aka Rainbow!!)
Ingredients to make the best Rainbow Sangria
- White wine
- Guava juice
- Orange juice
- Brandy
- Triple sec
- Sprite
- Fruit – blueberries, kiwi, pineapple, peaches, strawberries
How to make Rainbow Sangria
First, you will want to find a large pitcher or carafe (this will not be your serving carafe, this is just to prepare the sangria itself. Combine the white wine, guava juice, orange juice, triple sec and sprite. Mix them together well!
Next, grab a see-through pitcher, punch bowl or carafe and layer the fruit. We like to start with the dark colors on the bottom. Remember, ROY G BIV (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet).
Finally, pour the sangria mixture into the carafe with the fruit. Place in the refrigerator for approximately four hours. 
Can I make traditional Sangria without the “Rainbow”
Absolutely! This sangria recipe is great with or without the rainbow element! But, be sure to add some fruit into the mix. Traditional sangria recipes usually have pineapple, peaches, nectarines, berries, apples, pears, or melon.
What type of fruit do you use in Sangria?
As I mentioned, for the traditional sangria you usually use pineapple, peaches, berries and more. You should go with a fruit that compliments your choice of wine.
For Rainbow Sangria, here are some suggestions on the fruit options by color:
Red: Strawberries, raspberries, apples, cherries, pomegranate
Orange: Mandarin Oranges, cantaloupe
Yellow: Fresh pineapple, peaches, nectarines
Green: Green grapes, kiwi, honeydew, green apples
Blue: Blueberries
Purple: Blackberries, red grapes
How long do you let the fruit sit in the sangria?
Honestly, if you are pressed for time, you can let the fruit sit in the sangria for as little as 15 minutes, but I like to really see a minimum of 2 hours, ideally 4 hours. You can let it sit for as much as in the refrigerator overnight if you want to prepare it the night before you need it.
If you are looking for a low-calorie option to offer, be sure to try my Boozy Popsicles – they are delicious!
Rainbow Sangria
Ingredients
- 3 parts white wine
- 1½ parts guava juice
- 1½ parts orange juice
- ¼ part brandy
- ¼ part triple sec
- ¼ part Sprite
- Fruit blueberries, kiwi, pineapple, peaches, strawberries
Instructions
- Combine all of the above ingredients and mix them together in a pitcher, except the fruit.
- Place all of the fruit in a carafe in the following order -blueberries, kiwi, pineapple, peaches, strawberries.
- Pour the sangria into the carafe (keep leftover sangria in the pitcher).
- Place the carafe and the pitcher in the refrigerator for approx. 4 hours.
- Serve and enjoy!
Nutrition Info
This post was originally published on June 10, 2016
What variety of white wine do you use? Chardonnay? Riesling? Blend? More dry or more sweet?
I wish the recipe included measurements, instead of 3 parts wine, etc. Do you use an entire bottle of wine? How much triple sec and brandy? If you use too much brandy it definitely impacts the taste. Also the best white wine for sangria is something unoaked, light and fruity. Would be helpful if you added some detail. I sell wine and know that too much, or not enough, of these ingredients will definitely impact the taste of the sangria.
Spring is finally coming so this is perfect! Bookmarked it and will prepare this for the next hanami picnic. 😉
PS. Is it ok that I used your picture of the cocktail on my recipe website?
Please do not reproduce my recipe on your website. You may use a photo and a link back to my page, but not the recipe and instructions.
These recipes looks amazing. Thanks for sharing.
I wanted to use this recipe but as a previous comment mentioned, not having the actual measurements isn’t very helpful. Also, mentioning what kind of white wines you’ve used or you’d recommend for this recipe would be helpful as well.
Can’t wait to see your Bellini recipe!