Sangria Making Class in Barcelona! 🍹
Sangria is not merely the most famous Spanish cocktail; it is a true expression of hospitality and summer joy. While the city of Barcelona offers countless opportunities to taste it in excellent restaurants, elevating the experience by learning the art of preparation transforms a simple drink into a delightful skill. This cocktail class dedicated to Sangria has the power to evoke summer and its festive spirit, regardless of the weather outside.
What is Sangria?
Sangria is a drink traditionally associated with summer parties. It is rumored to have been created in the past to enhance or disguise the flavor of subpar wine. The skillful addition of fresh chopped fruits, aromatic spices, and sometimes spirits successfully transformed a flavorless taste into a delicious, vibrant one.
Once you arrive in Barcelona, you will be surrounded by this intensely colored beverage—whose name some say is derived from the Spanish word for “blood,” sangre. Its presence immediately evokes a sense of cheerfulness and celebration. Although locals tend to drink it predominantly during the warmer months, for those on vacation, its consumption is fitting at any time of the year.
What We Will Learn: The Secrets of Sangria
Wine and fruit: it sounds like a simple process, but it is far from it.
Dozens of fascinating variations of this extraordinary cocktail exist, ranging from sparkling strawberry sangria to pink rosé sangria (always served chilled over ice). The focus is on selecting and combining ingredients: the instructor will guide participants through the best flavor combinations, suggesting the use of seasonal fruits but also encouraging the creative use of whatever is at hand: juicy oranges, ripe peaches, red berries, or crisp apples.
In this one-hour session, you will have the opportunity to start with the classic recipe to create a perfect red wine sangria cocktail. You will then move on to a white wine version and, finally, one of Barcelona’s most beloved variations: Cava Sangria. Cava is the local sparkling wine from this region of Spain and is, therefore, an essential addition for a delicious cocktail deeply rooted in the local area.
Want to learn more?
If you would like to try learning other cocktails, try our Cocktail Class. You can also learn how to make this drink as part of our Spanish Cooking Class.
