Sangria help

[Anonymous]

I used to make sangria frequently. But that was pre kids. Now my brother and his family are on their way down and I have a huge lemonade jug thing I am using for sangria. Last night I put in tons of fruit (strawberries, apples, blueberries) and two bottles of wine. It barely filled the bottom of the jug. What else do I add? If I use something like ginger ale, I can't add that until serving or it will get flat and syrupy. Is sangria supposed to be all alcohol? I'm sure it's tasty but I need to fill up the jug a bit more. It doesn't look like the jug of refreshing sangria, like I imagined. It looks like a depleted pitcher of sangria. Help!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I used to make sangria frequently. But that was pre kids. Now my brother and his family are on their way down and I have a huge lemonade jug thing I am using for sangria. Last night I put in tons of fruit (strawberries, apples, blueberries) and two bottles of wine. It barely filled the bottom of the jug. What else do I add? If I use something like ginger ale, I can't add that until serving or it will get flat and syrupy. Is sangria supposed to be all alcohol? I'm sure it's tasty but I need to fill up the jug a bit more. It doesn't look like the jug of refreshing sangria, like I imagined. It looks like a depleted pitcher of sangria. Help!

Look at this:

http://www.winemag.com/Web-2013/The-Anatomy-of-Sangria/

[Anonymous]

Your sangria needs citrus and some brandy and Cointreau.

mmmm Sangria.

[Anonymous]

Thanks! It worked fine with some ice. Delicious.