Take 2 cups of the fruit, water, and sugar in a small saucepan. Place this on the stove until it simmers. Then take a muddler or a wooden spoon and mash the berries. Stir occasionally on simmer for the next 7-10 minutes until nice and syrupy.
Sangria
In a large jar or pitcher add the fruit syrup, rosé, vodka, fruit, lemon juice, mix.
Place in the refrigerator overnight.
When ready to serve pour in sparkling water, then add ice if you wish and garnish with mint.
Notes
Inexpensive wine is the best for sangria as you’ll be mixing in a lot of other ingredients.
You can use frozen fruit if it is on hand. If you have fresh berries, use that! I suggest using fresh berries for the fruit you’ll add directly into the drink.
I suggest using mixed berries, but single berries like strawberries or raspberries would also be great!
I cooked down half of the fruit into a syrup, so you get some great flavors from them. Otherwise, you don’t always get the juices and flavor just from sitting in the drink.
To make this into a mocktail version, you can use soda, fruit syrup, lemon, whole berries, ice, and garnish.
You definitely want to let this sit for at least an hour, but for the best flavors, make it the night before (at least 8 hours) and let it chill in the refrigerator.