Traditional sangria remains a firm favourite among wine drinkers. But red-wine-based drinks extend far beyond the Spanish classic. Let this cluster of red wine cocktails offer you some drinking inspiration. Want more punch ideas? Try our easy margarita punch and check out these summer punch recipes. You’ll have rum left over, so it’s good to have some dark rum cocktail recipes up your sleeve, like the classic dark and stormy. We’re loving piña colada slushies too.
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Make malbec shine in this Red Wine Peach Tea Punch recipe
There’s more to red wine cocktails than sangria. Show your guests how good red wine punch can be with an easy crowd-pleaser made using Argentinian malbec and Jamaican craft rum.
There’s only one solution when it comes to watering a large crowd – punch. Perfect for a party, there’s no end to the options of this mingling of fruit, fruit juice, booze and soft drink, which can be served alcoholic or non-alcoholic, if you’re that way inclined. Among its thousands of variations worldwide, the most famous wine punch would have to be Spanish sangria, traditionally made with red wine and brandy. Moving things on from that retro classic, this super easy red wine peach tea punch recipe kicks things up a notch, using dark rum as its base spirit and throwing in the floral flavours of peach iced tea.
How to make a Red Wine Peach Tea Punch
Serves: 8-10
Ingredients:
- Ice cubes, to serve
- 750mL btl Bodega Alamos Malbec
- 180mL Appleton Estate Signature Blend Rum
- 500mL peach-flavoured iced tea
- 750mL chilled soda water
- Red apple, thinly sliced, to garnish
Method:
- Fill a punch bowl or large jug with ice. Add the wine, rum, iced tea and soda water. Stir to combine.
- Ladle or pour into serving glasses. Garnish with apple slices to serve.
Tip: Find ready-to-drink peach-flavoured ice tea in the soft drink aisle at your local supermarket. For DIY iced tea, steep 2 black tea bags in 2 cups boiling water for 2 mins. Remove the bags and chill the tea, then sweeten to taste with juice from a tin of canned peaches.
Why punch is the original cocktail
Punch has been a firm party favourite for longer than you may think. In fact, many believe that punch is the original cocktail, having been introduced from India to Europe by the East India Company in the 17th century. Some believe the name ‘punch’ originates from the Hindi word for ‘five’ in reference to its traditional combo of ingredients – that’s the sourness of lemon or lime, the sweetness of sugar, the spirit (typically brandy, rum or arrack), water and spice. Thanks to sailors travelling back and forth between England and the subcontinent, punch soon became the drink of choice for English aristocrats for hundreds of years to come. It was largely an upper class tipple thanks to its imported ingredients (namely those coveted spices that drew the early traders to India and Indonesia in the first place). It came to be that the bigger the punch, and the more elaborate the punch bowl in which it was served, the more you could impress your guests.
What your red wine punch needs
As its name suggests, any red wine punch recipe must have red wine, so why not go all-out with a bold malbec. Bodega Alamos Malbec is a full-bodied Argentinian wine formed from grapes grown on the Andes Mountains. Its flavouring of blackberries and fruitcake partner perfectly with the fruity flavours of peach iced tea and slices of red apple, not to mention the spicy undertones of Appleton Estate Signature Blend Rum. This Jamaican drop also brings a touch of sweetness to the red wine punch thanks to its layered flavours of toasted honey, brown sugar and orange peel.
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