Portuguese Sangria Blanco - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 cup water
1/4 cup sugar
3 cinnamon sticks
1 cup unsweetened apple juice
1 cup fresh-squeezed orange juice
1 (750 ml) bottle white wine, preferably a chardonnay
1 small unpeeled apple, sliced in thin wedges (I like Pink Lady apples)
1 orange, unpeeled and cut into 4 wedges
1 banana, sliced
sparkling water, to top off glasses
ice cube

Preparation

In a small saucepan, simmer together water, sugar and cinnamon sticks for 5 minutes; remove cinnamon sticks and let mixture cool.
Combine juices and wine; stir in fruits and cooked sugar mixture; chill for at least 4 or 5 hours.
For each serving, pour sangria over ice, top off with some sparkling water and add some of the fruit slices to each glass.