Get the party started by picking a bottle of your favorite wine and an ice cube tray to make an easy and delicious Wine Slushy. The perfect frozen drink for hot sunny days.
Wine Slushy Recipe
I just love Summer. Everyone is in the celebrating mood and there's always a fun happening party or event.
School's out, summer vaca is on, the weather's beautiful, the beach water is warm, and there lots of good eats and drinks around all the time.
I think it's the best time of the year.
I also think it's the best time of the year for this wine slushy!
It's the perfect drink to enjoy all summer long or anytime the frozen drink urge strikes
Wine Slushy or Wine Slushie, that is the question...
Actually, it doesn't really matter what you call it because this perfect alcoholic concoction is ideal when you want some wine and a frozen drink too.
Wine slushies have been around for quite awhile now, but I've never tired one before trying this recipe.
My Mom, who knows me too well, emails me an article about freezing wine into slushies.
Then she told me I had to make one ASAP and write a post about it. What Mama wants, Mama gets.
Honesty, I was a little uninspired going into this recipe because I thought:
- How could I love wine any more than I already do, so what's the point of freezing it??
- What a pain to have to freeze the wine and then blend it up to have it taste just like wine.
How to make a wine slushy
After a few weeks of holding this recipe, I finally went for it and the result was that it turned my wine into the super cool drunk uncle of a 7-11 slurpee. OMG, I LOVE THIS DRINK!
I love it so much, all these crazy ideas were going through my mind like:
- How could I have a full-time job driving around a wine slushy drink truck?
- Is it acceptable to drink this as a dessert replacement every day?
This frozen drink recipe is hands down the easiest drink in the world. It's also the easiest recipe in the world too.
Basically it's freezing wine into cubes, slushing it up in a blender, and pouring it into a glass.
I feel like I should make everything a little more interesting here and talk about the science of freezing wine or something-something about the molecular structure.
It ain't rocket science, but it is a damn good drink, especially on a sunny day and by a pool.
Although pool or no pool, I'm pretty sure I'll be drinking/enjoying this slushy not only as a holiday drink, but all summer long.
Choosing the best wine for a wine slushy
For my wine slushy, I used straight up Pinot noir because it's the bottle I already had open (feel free to use red or white wine).
At first I was hesitant to use it, thinking that type of red wine would be too strong and not fruity enough.
Then I thought, Pinot noir is my favorite wine so, alright, if it sucks I'll just let it melt and then drink it as regular wine (genius brain working here folks, can't stop it even if I wanted to).
No worries because my slushie was everything a frozen wine drink should be, so refreshing and delicious, and the perfect summer drink.
It was simple and easy to crush the wine cubes too, as they don't fully freeze due to the alcohol.
A few pulses of my immersion stick blender and my slushy was really to drink. Party on!
More easy drink recipes to try!
- Red Wine Sangria
- Gingered Samurai Martini
- Raspberry Lime Basil Gin Cocktail
- Blueberry Sunrise Margarita
Did you try this recipe? Please leave a comment and a rating below to let me know! I LOVE to hear from you!
Wine Slushy
Instructions
- Pour wine in ice cube trays. Freeze until firm, at least 4 hours.
- Take wine cubes out of tray and place in immersion stick blender or regular blender. Pulse a few times until wine cubes are crushed up and of a slushie-like consistently.
- Divide slushy between 2 wine glasses and cheers!
Recipe Notes & Tips:
- Can also freeze wine in a loaf pan if no ice cube trays are available. Scrape a fork across the top of frozen wine to make into a slushy.
Susan Brown
I've been making my own versions of this for years now! I just fill a couple of glasses of wine and place them directly in the freezer (and the remaining bottle in the ice bin) an hour or two before I'm going to indulge. If I use Chardonnay, once it is a frozen slushie, I then drizzle Pinot Noir over the top and it looks beautiful through the glass and tastes deeeeelish!! If I want more glasses once started, as I take one glass out, I then shake the bottle and fill the then empty glass with the wine slush...drink, fill and repeat!! I love the frozen Pinot Noir, too! Another thing I've wanted to try is pouring some brut champagne or rose champagne over the top...a bit like a Rosini I had in Hawaii or the old school Bellini, but with wine! These are all much healthier and lower in calories than those fancy frozen drinks I mentioned, and others like Margaritas etc.
Samantha
What red wine does everyone recommend makes these taste the best??? I was going to use red cat but I would love to hear some suggestions
Susan Brown
Pinot Noir!
Mike Sullivan
I used Pino Grigio on a hot summer day. It was great.
Karrie
That's awesome Mike and so happy you liked it!
Theresa
Your candour is so refreshing! And fun! I can't wait to share this cool slush with family and friends. That got the giggles!
Karrie
Thank you so much Theresa and glad you got the giggles!! heeheehee 🙂 Pretty sure you'll LOVE this slushy, so please let me know what you think of it when you, your family, and friends try it!
Kendra N Vincent-Jackson
Love it. I had a wine slushie at Virginia beach. I wanna open a wine slushie kiosk in the mall for hubbies and parents! #livewine
Karrie
A wine slushie kiosk is a fantastic idea Kendra!
Syrine
This was so easy to make and was excellent! Highly recommend everyone try this recipe!
Karrie
Thanks so much Syrine!!
Lisa
OMG reading your post I thought ‘we could be great friends!’. I too love my wine and am a Malbec girl. I am going to be drinking this on my pontoon this summer!
Karrie
Hahahaha Lisa and I'm friends with anyone who loves wine as much as I do! I've tried Malbec in this and it's awesome as a slushy. Cheers to that and a big heck yeah to enjoying slushies on a pontoon boat this summer! Please let me know how you like when you try it.
Karen (Back Road Journal)
I've made a wine slushy by accident...sticking a bottle of white in the freezer to cool down quickly and forgetting about it.
Karrie
LOL! Best way to make one is by accident!
Christina
Yeah, you had me at Wine Slushy. I live in Portland and it's been over 90 degrees, not to mention smokey, outside for over a month. I'm in desperate need to cool down and this drink will do the trick
Karrie
It's been so hot and humid here in New England area too! Wine's okay on the Keto diet, right? If yes, bring on the wine slushies!!!
GiGi Eats
Well now won't this get you straight SLOSHED!! The Sloshed Slushie is what it should be called!
Karrie
LOVE THAT NAME!! I might have to change the name to sloshed slushie...
Leros
I love love love this idea... as much as I love wine! Haha! Will definitely try this for sure.
Karrie
Thanks Leros! It's such a great recipe when you want some wine but it's too hot.
Susan
I LOVE WINE!! and I've never had this before. I usually never like to do "tinto de verano", adding sprite or 7up to wine it hurts my heart haha. I like it right from the bottle. But this kind, I would love to try!! I love drinks with blended ice on them.. although in this case it's not ice, but frozen wine.
Karrie
I LOVE WINE TOO!!! Thanks so much Susan and wine slushies are the way to go on a hot day!
Melissa
Oh my GAWD!!! This is divine!!! And sooo easy! Can't wait to add it to my list of Ultimate Summer Drinks for my site!
Karrie
Thanks so much Melissa!!
Mary
What about being re a lot lazy and freezing a box of wine? Think that would work?
Karrie@tastyeverafter
I love it Mary! It's a great idea and probably would work, as long as the wine has some room in the box to expand and there's a way to remove part of the box to scoop out the frozen wine. Please let me know if you try it and if it works so I can update the blog
Nelson
When I saw the picture I thought it was going to be a complicated recipe. Then I scrolled down haha. I will definitely try this for myself one day when it's too hot and I've run out of beer
I do have a question about the taste, does the water/ice dilute the taste?
Karrie@tastyeverafter
It's so easy Nelson! It does get a little messy if you use red wine and when taking the cubes out of the tray. I dump all the cubes in a large bowl, then transfer the cubes to a large ziplock bag to keep in the freezer until I want to make a slushy
Freezing the wine definitely does not affect the taste or dilute it. Literally, it tastes just like a slushy you would get at a convenience store but it's wine! So awesome on a hot day
simona
I loved your idea of icy red wine and made it for my husband who loves red wine. Now we have a way to serve it even on hot days
Karrie@tastyeverafter
I love red wine also and can't get over how much I like it frozen! So glad you all enjoyed it!
Ben
This slushy was perfect for our summer party! Thinking of making a mojito slushy now.
Karrie@tastyeverafter
A mojito slushy sounds excellent Ben! I might have to make that very soon
Annie
This was such an awesome and refreshing way to enjoy wine! So easy too!
Karrie@tastyeverafter
Thanks Annie and cheers to you!!
Katie Crenshaw
My girlfriends all loved this recipe! It was so refreshing in this 100 plus degree summer weather over here. Cheers!
Karrie@tastyeverafter
Thanks so much Katie!
Chey
Love this wine slushy and I used pinot noir too! I'll be drinking this all summer!
Karrie@tastyeverafter
Thank you Chey!