Grapefruit Rosé Sangria Recipe

Name: Grapefruit Rosé Sangria Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 190 min
Ingredients: 1 grapefruit (thinly sliced and slices halved if necessary (plus more to taste for garnish)); 1 lime (thinly sliced); 24 ounce bottle of your favourite rosé wine (a 750 millilitre bottle or 3 cups); 1 cup grapefruit juice; 1/2 cup grapefruit vodka; 1 cup strawberries (green tops removed and strawberries thinly sliced (plus more to taste for garnish)); simple syrup (to taste); club soda (enough to top up glasses); ice cubes (as desired); few leaves mint (leaves thinly sliced )

Published: July 19, 2018 Updated: June 26, 2019 / By: Dawn | Girl Heart Food 52 Comments

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This grapefruit rosé sangria has everything you want in a summer cocktail! It’s refreshing, delicious, not too sweet and packs a sucker punch to the taste buds! Great for barbecues and deck parties.

Close-up of a glass of grapefruit rosé sangria garnished with strawberry and grapefruit.

Friends, I’m not gonna lie. Coming back to work this week after a week off was rough.

Like, give me all the coffee.

Let me sleep for, like, 24 hours.

Don’t you dare look at me.

Wait. What? It’s only Thursday.

I need a face mask.

No, I’m not being dramatic. Okay, maybe a tad.

More coffee.

So, yeah, that’s me this week. Feel me? What do I need a week after relaxing? Sleep. Ha!

Well, hopefully this easy sangria recipe will make things a lot easier. Plus, I have the weekend to catch up on some sleep!

What Is Sangria?

Sangria originates from Spain and is traditionally made with red wine, lots of fruit and typically brandy. But, like anything, over the years there have been all sorts of variations using white wine and rosé, like here with this grapefruit sangria recipe!

Ingredients for grapefruit rosé sangria recipe.

How To Make Sangria

Sangria is super easy to make.

You can pretty much have any combo you like, but today I went with a grapefruit flavour.

Like I mentioned above, the base of sangria is wine, then you add a bunch of fruit, usually some sort of fruit juice and/or liquor, and sometimes top up with club soda (which is what I did here).

Sangria comes together in minutes, but is best the next day after all the flavours have had a chance to get to know each other. Like with a lot of things, I guess. Full details are in the recipe card below, but here are the basics:

Add grapefruit and lime to a large pitcher and muddle (i.e., smash a bit with a wooden spoon) to get all those flavours going.
Pour over wine, grapefruit juice and grapefruit vodka. Stir.
Add strawberries. Tip: If you like things sweeter, stir in some simple syrup at this point. Just use the amount of simple syrup that suits your tastes. It’s easier to add a little to the sangria and then taste until you’ve got it just right. Remember, you can always add more, but it’s not so easy to take away.
Place in the fridge for a few hours (or even overnight). Tip: Want to make your sangria cold without diluting? If you like at this point, you can also freeze some grapefruit juice and have little grapefruit ice cubes so your sangria stays cold and doesn’t get diluted.
When ready to serve, give another stir and pour into glasses, filling about ¾ way up. Top with club soda and garnish how you like. Cheers!

Two halves of a grapefruit alongside some lime and two halves of a strawberry.

Tips for Making This Rosé Sangria

This rosé sangria recipe is not too sweet (for me, at least). If you like things sweeter, feel free to add more simple syrup to taste.
The sweetness of the wine you use in this sangria recipe will greatly affect the overall sweetness of the drink. I use a dry rosé, but you can totally use something sweeter.
When serving this grapefruit sangria, I like to fill the glasses ¾ of the way up and then top up with club soda, but that’s not completely necessary. You can enjoy this rosé sangria as is.
I use grapefruit vodka here to really enhance the grapefruit flavour going on. Can’t find grapefruit vodka? Orange flavoured works well here too.
This sangria recipe is best the next day after all the flavours have had a chance to hang out and get to know each other. However, if you can’t wait that long, that’s okay too!

Bottle pouring club soda into a glass of sangria.

What To Do With Leftover Fruit From Sangria

Eat as is
Enjoy over ice cream
Recycle the fruit for another batch of sangria the next day (your fruit will be extra wine-infused!)

Overhead shot of a jug of grapefruit rosé sangria surrounded by fresh fruit.

More Easy Sangria Recipes

So cheers to thirty Thursday with this refreshing grapefruit rosé sangria! If you need me, I’ll be sleeping all weekend, LOL.

If you make this rosé sangria, be sure to leave a comment below!