Red Wine Sangria with Strawberries

*Most red wines will work. Suggestions for Spanish: Rioja, Tempranillo, Grenache; and non-Spanish: Shiraz, Merlot, Pinot noir, Syrah. Since the wine will be combined with fruit and other alcohols, there’s no point in overspending on a fancy bottle, as most of the nuances that you’re paying for will be lost. In fact, making sangria is a great way to use up any bottles you have lying around that you’re not overly excited about opening. There aren’t many bottles of wine in Canada for under $10, so I ended up paying almost $13 a bottle – but the wine was an organic tempranillo, which was pretty perfect. I was wary of the amount of headache inducing sulfites in a cheap bottle of red, so a few extra bucks for an organic wine seemed like money well spent.

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