The End?

I haven't been blogging because I've been drinking mainly Sangria. (see last blog)

However I am going on a diet and this means...gasp! No wine. No wine means- No wine blog.
An average bottle of red wine has 550 calories. Cutting that out should be easy. That along with exercise and hopefully I can lose 20 pounds by September for our Tennessee vacation.

Sangria! Sangria!

A local winery, Cherry Valley Vineyards, is having Sangria Sunday every Sunday until October. We went last Sunday, and I want to go back as often as I can. You can buy a cheese plate and a pitcher of sangria for $18. There is also, of course, wine tasting. There is live music inside and outside. You hang out on the vineyard grounds. There are tables, chairs, benches and a pavilion. It's like a big backyard. I enjoyed the sangria so much I got the recipe online and make my own, with some tweaks. They had red and white, I made the red.

I used a semi sweet red wine, Franzia chillable red in a box (only $12 for 5 liters). wash, cut up and add 2 apples. same with 2 oranges and 1 lemon (1 lime too, if you want) but squeeze the citrus juices into the wine before cutting and adding the citrus fruit. Simple and delicious! They add whiskey at the winery but I don't. I'm not sure if it's actually considered sangria or if it's just wine with fruit...but I like it.