The traditional wine of Spain. Made with fine red wine and natural citrus flavors. Sangria is usually drunk among friends .It can be offered at parties and family celebrations, largely due to its easy assimilation and its lightness as an alcoholic drink. This medium bodied, lightly sweet and bubbly wine has a cherry-rose color and is a perfect accompaniment to any meal. Sangria can also be drunk without eating anything, or accompanied by any type of food. But the important thing is that Sangria must always be served cold.
Spain's first bottled Sangria did not originate in its schorching hot Southern area, as might be expected, but rather in Rioja. In 1960's Bodegas Rioja Santiago developed the technology to stabilize and bottle what, until then, has been a typical homemade Spanish punch of wine and citrus juice called Sangria, the new beverage was shown at a trade fair in New York and became an instant success in America.
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