Party Sangria! - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (750 ml) bottle red wine (Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Rioja, Zinfandel, Shiraz)
1 lemon (cut into wedges)
1 orange (cut into wedges)
1 lime (cut into wedges)
2 tablespoons sugar
1/4 cup orange juice (you can also use lemonade)
3 ounces gin (optional, you can also use triple sec tip ( 1 shot = 1 1/2 oz)
1 cup raspberries (you can also strawberries and may use thawed or frozen berries)
2 cups pineapple (you can use an 8 oz can of diced pineapples with juice)
4 cups ginger ale

Preparation

Pour wine into a large pitcher
Squeeze the juice wedges from the lemon, orange and lime into the wine.
Toss in the fruit wedges (leaving out seeds if possible)
Add pineapple, sugar, orange juice and gin
Chill overnight.
Add ginger ale, berries and ice just before serving.