Recipes: Here are 3 ways to make Sangria for your next summer gathering

Sangria, that inviting warm-weather pitcher drink, can be the cornerstone of casual summer gatherings. With my first sip of Sangria, I became an enthusiast. It was decades ago, in a sunny garden at the Hotel Ritz in the heart of Spain’s capital city of Madrid, that I first downed the blood-red libation.
Every drop of the chilly, wine-based concoction was consumed with post-siesta vigor; a combo of fruit juice, and cut-up fruit teamed with the wine, plus something effervescent and a smidgen