Summer's Best Drinks

Skip the hard stuff and entertain all summer with light, refreshing drinks made with wine.

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Red Wine Punch

Made with your favorite Italian red wine, Food Network Magazine’s rosy red punch is lightened with the juice of several lemons.

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White Sangria

Food Network Magazine’s White Sangria features dry white wine and sliced stone fruit.

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Rose Sangria

Made with dry rose wine and a touch of brandy, this cool summer sangria boasts bright strawberries, raspberries and lemon.

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Red Wine Spritzers

Rachael adds bubbly seltzer water to dry Italian red wine and flavors her spritzers with fresh berries.

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Grilled Peaches in Wine

Drinks and dessert in one, Giada’s light after-dinner dish can be made with red or white wine.

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Amaretto Sour With Prosecco

Amaretto liqueur is added to Italian Prosecco and mixed with fresh lemon juice to create a refreshing summertime sipper.

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Cava Sangria

Bobby’s simple sangria is made with Cava, a Spanish sparkling wine less acidic than many traditional French Champagnes.

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Bubbly on the Rocks

Food Network Magazine freezes fresh berries in ice cubes and adds them to crisp Prosecco. As the cubes melt, berries add subtle sweetness to the bubbly.

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Rose 75

Made with bubbly rose champagne and a splash of gin, this unique cocktail is slightly sweetened with simple syrup.

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Citrus White Wine Spritzer

Rachael’s citrus cocktail features crisp Pinot Grigio and slices of zesty fresh lemon and lime.

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Champagne Lemonade

Tyler’s light and citrusy cocktail simply combines two classic summer drinks: crisp champagne and refreshing lemonade.

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Raspberry Iced Tea Punch

Cool enough to quench your thirst and elegant enough to serve to guests, this white wine-based punch highlights the fresh flavors of ripe nectarines and sweet raspberries.

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Wine Spritzer

The flavors of dry and crisp Pinot Grigio are opened up with bright lemon and orange zests.

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Tiziano

Named after Renaissance painter Tiziano Vecelli, commonly known as Titian, this bright and sunny cocktail is made with Prosecco and grape juice and is studded with fresh mint.

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