All around me I see signs that summer is waning. Preseason football has started. School supplies are flooding the box stores. It even stayed below ninety degrees today.
Don't get me wrong.... I love me some fall. But I'm nowhere close to being able to part with all my favorite summer foods and beverages. So the other night I snagged a bottle of Sweet Summer on my way home from work, and set out to make sangria.... the perfect summer drink, and perfect with the tacos my husband made for dinner.
I used to work in a Mexican restaurant, and I would frequently observe the process of making sangria... literally everything but the kitchen sink was thrown into the mix. But I like to keep mine simple. Besides, Sweet Summer is sweet enough that you don't need to throw in any juice or other sweetener. I just cut up a bunch of peaches from the farmer's market, let them sit in a pitcher with the wine for a couple of hours, and topped it off with some club soda before serving it over ice. And I came to the conclusion that Sweet Summer is an excellent sangria wine. Its apple undertones melded very well with the peaches. I will definitely be putting this concoction together again before the summer departs us.
