Sangría Blanco

Ingredients

• 1500 milliliter wine dry white
• 0.8 cup mint leaves fresh loosely packed
• 2 cups lemon lime soda chilled soft
• 2  optional: lemon thinly sliced
• 2  lime thinly sliced
• 1 cup orange liqueur 
• 2  cranberry-orange relish thinly sliced
• 1 pint strawberries fresh thinly sliced
• 0.3 cup sugar 

Equipment

• sauce pan

Directions

1. Bring sugar and 1 1/4 cups water to a boil in a saucepan over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until sugar is dissolved.
2. Remove from heat, and let stand 10 minutes.
3. Combine sugar mixture, white wine, and next 2 ingredients in a large container; cover and chill 4 hours. Stir in lemon-lime soft drink and next 4 ingredients just before serving.
4. Serve over ice, if desired.
5. Note: For testing purposes only, we used Grand Marnier for orange liqueur.