Sangria may be most often served in Spain and Portugal, but on Saturday, August 27 from 6-9pm we toast with sangria in Columbus, Ohio at the 2nd Annual Sangria Fest at Signatures Wines.
I knew sangria contained wine and fruit, but I didn’t know what other ingredients involved, having never made my own. Wikipedia says it consists of “a wine, chopped fruit,a sweetener,a small amount of added brandy.” About says “sangria is made with red wine, fresh, seasonal fruit and a bit of bubbly water or citrus flavored soda.” QandA’s says “red or white wine is combined with various fruits, alcoholic spirits, lemonade, sugar, and sometimes cinnamon or other dessert-suitable spices.” Um, someone on Yahoo Answers said “IT’S A SPANISH STYLE WINE FULL OF FRUITS N VEGGIES”
So… wine, fruit and/or sweetener and/or brandy and/or bubbly and/or soda and/or miscellaneous spirits and/or lemonade and/or cinnamon and/or… veggies (?!)
Cue me asking Signature how THEY make it… Signature Wines’ sangria starts with their 2004 Rose’ which is made with Ohio grapes. However, after that I have no idea what they add because, unfortunately, they wouldn’t share the recipe with me – BUT, if you buy a bottle of Rose’, the recipe comes with!
At Sangria Fest there will be live music from Deja Vu Latin Fusion and Enrique Infante, raffle prizes and photography on display from Latin America & traditional Mayan highland arts presented by Columbus documentary photographer Andrew J. Tonn. Junior’s Taco Truck and Rogue Bakery will be providing food for the occasion.
Admission is $10 and is paid at the door. RSVP’s are not required but encouraged to ensure there is plenty of sangria, glasses, tacos and cookies to go around! Admission includes a souvenir Signature Wine glass and 10 tickets redeemable for sangria and wine.
Signature Wines is located at 3816 April Lane.
