Sangria is a cheap and easy drink to make at home. All you need is red Wine, brandy, some carbonation, and fruits and you’ll have a delicious wine cocktail that’s just like fruit punch—for adults! Want to skip the history lesson? Jump to the Recipe. Sangria means blood in Spanish. Which is why I use blood oranges in mine if I can. (Regular oranges work just fine, though!) The Spanish wine punch was introduced to the United States in 1964 at the World’s Fair in New York City. Since then, sangria seems to pop up on all wine cocktail lists