Tinto de Verano

• Ice cubes
• 750 ml bottle inexpensive Spanish red wine, like Rioja
• Sparkling (naturally sweetened) lemonade or any not-too-sweet lemon-lime beverage, like Lorina
• Fresh lemon slices

Fill each glass (juice glasses work well) with as many ice cubes as you can fit.  Add 1/2 c. of wine and 1/2 c. of sparkling lemonade.  Stir.  Taste.  It should be light and refreshing and not overly juicy in flavor.  Sometimes the less expensive wine you get here in the States is very concentrated and grapey.  If that is the case, dilute the mixture with a bit more sparkling lemonade as desired.  Serve with a lemon slice.

VERDICT:  I would not have believed it, but mixing Rioja and lemon sour makes a more-than-passable alternative to sangria.  Keep.