Sangría

• 3/8 cup fresh orange juice (3 oz.wt.)
• 1/8 cup sugar (24 grams)
• 1/8 cup brandy (28 grams)
• 1/2 bottle dry red wine (375 grams)
• Any combination of fresh fruit, cut up as you like, from the following:
  • 1/2 orange
  • 1/2 lemon or lime
  • 1/2 peach or nectarine; or 1/2 cup pitted sweet cherries (56 grams)
  • 1/2 cup fresh strawberries (56 grams)
  • 1/2 cup fresh pineapple (56 grams)
• 1 cup chilled sparkling water (225 grams)

In a pitcher dissolve sugar in the orange juice. Then add brandy, red wine, and whatever fruit you can round up. Stir and crush the fruit. Chill at least one hour if the wine is not already chilled.

Add chilled sparkling water to wine mixture. Serve in tall glasses; add a few ice cubes to each.

Serves 2 to 3.