My Girlfriend Jackie's Sangria

• 1500 ml beaujola red wine, 2 bottles, chilled
• 1 cup captain morgan spiced rum, chilled
• 1 cup orange juice, chilled without pulp
• 1 cup simple sugar syrup (recipe to follow)
• fruit, soaked in rum for one hour (diced apples, oranges, limes)
• 6 ounces carbonated lemon-lime beverage

1. Simple sugar: Fill a measuring cup with 1/2 C sugar and fill to 1 C measure with water (=1 C simple sugar) .
2. Over low heat, Stir until sugar is dissolved.
3. Cool.
4. It is now ready to use.
5. Cut or slice fruits: apples, oranges, limes.
6. One hour prior to serving, place fruit in the pitcher, add rum and let soak for one hour.
7. In a large pitcher combine remaining ingredients.
8. Fill glasses with ice, sangria and a slice of fruit.

beaujola red wine, rum, orange juice, simple sugar syrup, hour, lemonlime beverage

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/my-girlfriend-jackies-sangria-280006 (may not work)