Admittedly I wanted a cranberry spice sangria, alas fresh cranberries won’t be ready for another few weeks. You know my key to amazing sangria (and should be everyone else’s as well), seasonally fresh fruit and inexpensive, extremely drinkable wine. If you wouldn’t drink it alone, don’t put it in your sangria. Period. You’re going to love this sangria. Asian pears, SweeTango apples, Granny Smith apples, Charles Shaw rosé, Napoleon brandy and a little lime makes this sangria fall in a glass. My sangria and the new (and returning favorite) fall TV line up. What better pairing is that?
Sip Watch Tweet Apples and Asian Pear Sangria
2 bottles of dry rosé
1 cup of French brandy
2 Granny Smith apples cored and cubed
2 SweeTango (or honeycrisp)apples cored and cubed
2 Asian pears seeded and sliced
2 small limes, juiced
1/3 cup of dark agave syrup
After cutting all the fruit (sans, limes), put them in a large glass pitcher. Pour rosé and brandy over fruit. Let stand for about an hour. Stir in the lime juice and agave syrup. Taste and if more sweetness is desired you can either simply add 1/4 cup more of agave syrup, or use unfiltered organic apple juice to taste. Pour over ice. My sangria will last in the refrigerator for up to a week. Although ours never lasts more than a couple of days, because we drink it all!
About countessrose
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Born and bred New Yorker I now reside in the Los Angeles area. I was a debutante at age 18, Countess at 30, and despite having a bachelors degree in law, I ditched that profession and became a certified wine sommelier. Certified by both WSET Level 4 and the Court of Masters. I am a self-proclaimed connoisseur of California Zinfandel and all Primitivo. Although an actual Italian wine specialist I have an ongoing love affair with Sauternes and insist it’s an aphrodisiac. I’m serious about wine but don’t take wine seriously.
I started a wine tasting company, Vino CaPisco [loosely translated in Italian means, I understand wine] in 2004 and began private in-home wine tastings for those who wanted a fun way to learn about wine. We made Sopranos Sangiovese Lovers, Sex and the Bubbly, etc themed tastings. I did that successfully and happily, until I found an urge to cover more than wine. To learn, experience and discover spirits and cocktails around town...and beyond.
An occasional wine blogger for Wine Portfolio and Wine Library, I happened upon pairing wine and spirits with television shows and film in 2009 but I've recently began taking it on the road. Drinking and tweeting (and instagramming) from hotels, bars, speakeasys... I'm not a mixologist or bartender, I don't purport to have an education in cocktails or been to bar tending school. But I've been a certified sommelier since 2002 and a cocktail enthusiast and self-taught cocktail connoisseur seriously since 2012. I check out hotel bars, speciality bars, and local favorites. I talk to the mixologists/bartenders, get them to make me an original "off menu" cocktail and then give that recipe to you. If it fits, I'll also pair if with a T.V. show and tweet about it...Sometimes with a drinking game to match.
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