Summer's Best Drinks

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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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Food Stylist: Anne Disrude
Prop Stylist: Pamela Duncan Silver

Photo: Yunhee Kim

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White Sangria

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

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Photo: Yunhee Kim

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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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Photo: Tara Donne

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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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Giada de Laurentiis's Amaretto Sour with Prosecco

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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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Photo: Stephen Murello

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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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Summer's Best Drinks

Red Wine Punch

White Sangria

Rose Sangria

Red Wine Spritzers

Grilled Peaches in Wine

Amaretto Sour With Prosecco

Cava Sangria

Bubbly on the Rocks

Rose 75

Citrus White Wine Spritzer

Champagne Lemonade

Raspberry Iced Tea Punch

Wine Spritzer

Tiziano

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