Sangria
150 ml Red wine, 15 ml Brandy, 35 ml Orange juice, 5 ml Sugar, 1 slice Orange, 2 slices Apple, 237 ml Ice
Calimocho
Red wine and Dr Pepper, half and half. Cheaper than it sounds, better than you think.
Refreshing
Easy
2 min
Ingredients
- 100 ml Jigger Two large sides (2 x 50 ml) of a standard jigger. Red wine - A young, fruity red - nothing you would be sad to pour a cola into
- 100 ml Jigger Two large sides (2 x 50 ml) of a standard jigger. Dr Pepper - Equal parts, and cold - the whole point is the two together
- 1 wedge Lime wedge (optional)
- 237 ml Measuring jug A measuring jug: pour to the 237 ml line. Ice
Measured in Millilitres (UK). Sign in to read these in American measures. Print a kitchen card at this size.
What the jigger, the spoons and the jug hold, in millilitres and in fluid ounces, is on the measures reference.
Quick version
- Half red wine, half cold Dr Pepper, over a lot of ice.
Method
- Fill a highball glass with ice.
- Pour in the red wine.
- Top with the Dr Pepper, in roughly equal measure.
- Stir once, and squeeze a wedge of lime over the top.
Serve it
Calimocho
In the Basque country this is called kalimotxo, and it is said to have been invented by accident at a festival in the 1970s when somebody discovered that a cheap red wine and a cheap cola together taste better than either of them apart. It is the drink of Spanish street parties and of anyone who has ever looked at a bottle of wine and a bottle of pop and thought: why not.
Made with Dr Pepper rather than a plain cola it is a different - and better - drink. The cherry and spice of the soda meet the fruit in the wine, the wine's own tannin keeps it from being sweet, and what comes out tastes like a very grown-up sangria you can make in ten seconds.
Getting it right
The wine matters less than you would think and the temperature matters more than you would believe: both bottles want to be cold and the glass wants a lot of ice. Use a young, fruity, uncomplicated red - a Rioja joven or anything labelled "jammy" - and keep the parts equal, which is the proportion the drink is famous for. A squeeze of lime over the top brightens the whole thing, and a slice of orange in the glass makes it a party rather than a picnic.
Tasting notes
Sharp cherry and bramble fruit, a gentle fizz, and a dry finish from the wine that arrives just when you expect it to be sweet. Refreshing, faintly rustic and extremely good in the sun.
Serve it in a jug for a crowd, with fruit and ice, and tell nobody what is in it until they have had a glass.
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