Berry Sangria - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 pound fresh strawberries, halved
1 (750 milliliter) bottle Merlot wine
2 navel oranges, juiced
1 lime, juiced
2 cups cranberry-raspberry juice
1/2 cup brandy
1/4 cup Cointreau
6 (1 gram) packets granular sucralose sweetener (such as Splenda(R))
ice cubes
8 cups strawberry flavored soda, or to taste

Preparation

Mash strawberries slightly in a bowl. Pour in a small amount of wine and mix to pick up any juices.
Mix orange and lime juice in a pitcher. Pour in strawberries and remaining wine. Add cranberry-raspberry juice, brandy, Cointreau, and sucralose sweetener. Stir well and refrigerate until flavors combine, at least 4 hours.
Fill glasses with ice. Fill each glass 2/3 to 3/4 of the way with sangria. Top with strawberry soda. Stir well.