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!!
Happy July 4th (tomorrow) everyone!! Time to celebrate our independence with family and friends by eating and drinking way too much while enjoying pretty fireworks. Hope all my Canadian friends had a very happy Canada Day this week too.
I just love the month of July and all of it’s celebrations. I especially love the July 4th holiday because my birthday is two days later (wooohooo!) Every year my birthday is celebrated during a long 3-4 day holiday stretch (like I’m doing this weekend! Yay me!!).
Being born around the fourth of July is awesome since everyone is in the celebrating mood anyways and there’s always a fun happening party or event. School’s out, summer vaca is on, weather’s beautiful, beach water is warm, paid work day due to the holiday, good excuse to eat and drink a lot, etc. I think it’s the best time of the year.
Let’s imagine, it’s tomorrow and you are at a July 4th party. You want wine but you know a frozen drink would be much more enjoyable on this hot, summer day. Well, you can have your wine and frozen drink too…in a Wine Slushy!
As much as I’d like to take credit for this perfect alcoholic concoction, I can’t. The idea of a wine slushy has been around for quite awhile now but I’ve never actually tried one. My Mom, who knows me too well, sent over this article and told me to make it and write about it.
Honesty, I was a little uninspired going into this recipe because I thought:
1) how could I love wine any more than I already do so what’s the point of freezing it
2) what a pain to have to freeze the wine and then blend it up to have it taste just like wine. Yeah, I’m a little lazy like that.
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 that crazy ideas were going through my mind like:
1) how could I have a full-time job driving around a wine slushy drink truck?
and
2) is it acceptable to drink this as a dessert replacement every day?
My liver and I thank you, Mom.
Another truth is that I’m a slightly embarrassed to write this recipe post. I mean, come on, this is hands down the easiest drink in the world to put together.
How do you write about freezing some wine into cubes, slushing it up in a blender, and pouring it into a glass and make it sound interesting? I feel like I should be talking about the science of freezing wine and something-something about the molecular structure, but really all you do is just freeze the wine and blend it.
It ain’t rocket science but it is a damn good drink, especially on a sunny day and by a pool. Pool or no pool, I’m pretty sure I’ll be drinking/enjoying this wine slushy all summer long.
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 slushy was everything a frozen drink should be, so refreshing and delicious. 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!
If you like this Wine Slushy, try this Madras Slushy Recipe!
This Wine Slushy is the perfect drink to enjoy this July 4th holiday and all summer long.
- 12 ounces of wine, your choice of type and flavor
- 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 slushy-like consistently.
- Pour into a glass and enjoy on a beautiful sunny day.
I’m really liking this super cool drunk uncle of a 7-11 slurpee too! Now that is a fun slushee! Happy Birthday and Happy 4th of July, Karrie! I never realized how it is truly the best time of the year to have a birthday. Mine falls around Thanksgivig. And as Thanksgiving babies know, it means that there are years that you are stuck with turkey dinner in a houseful of people, some of whom you don’t necessarily want to spend your entire birthday with. And there is no where to escape! Everything is closed. Haha!
OMG, you are too funny Thao! You should celebrate your birthday during July one year 🙂 Thank you for the bday wishes and hope you had a great July 4th.
Love this wine slushy idea- but that shouldn’t come as a shocker to you! Im digging that you used the pinot noir- because the color is fantastic! Hope you enjoy your (OUR) birthday weekend! Lots of love xoxo!
Thank you Chey. Happy birthday to you too and next year we are celebrating them together!
It’s funny because I’ve obviously heard of wine slushies before, but it’s never something I think about, you know? Like it’s never an option I think of or consider. And then, when it’s summer and all I want is a nice cool drink, I just debate between ordering a glass of cabernet (which is what I want) or a glass of white wine (since it’s cold). THIS looks like the answer to all my prayers. Thank you for reminding me about the wine slushy and sharing your gorgeous rendition. I can’t wait to try this…this is awesome!
I totally agree Beeta. Drinking a refreshing ice cold glass of red wine during the hot summer weather is perfection!
YES to this drink! Love it! A grown-up alcoholic slushy – perfect for summer! (And then I can drink red wine cold in the middle of the day instead of settling for white.)
Thanks Kathryn and I’m making your bourbon slush next weekend.
First of all, HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I love that you made a wine slushy. A super cool drunk uncle of a 7-11 slurpee! LOL! And if you start driving around the wine slushy drink truck, I’m totally hopping on board! 🙂
Thank you Rachelle. As soon as I get my wine slushy drink truck going, I’ll come by to pick you up! Although we will probably drink up all the slushies and then there won’t be any to sell 🙂
This is such a cool idea, my friends will love me so much more if I serve this at our pool party 🙂
Thank you Katalina and have a great pool party 🙂
Hope you had a great birthday!! What a great idea and perfect for celebrating! Looks so refreshing!
Thank you for the birthday wishes Kelly!!
I know some girls that will love this recipe! I am so making this next time I have my friends come over for food, drinks, and gossip 🙂 This drink looks so fun and refreshing in this 100 plus degree summer weather over here. Cheers!
Thanks so much Katie! Can I invite myself over to your house when you have your shindig?
This sounds great for the summer! What a good way to get a buzz going, while staying hydrated! LOL
Haha! I like the way you think Vineetha 🙂
This is such an awesome and refreshing way to enjoy wine! I am a big fan of wine…so I am deeeefinitely try this :).
Thanks Annie and cheers to you!!
Wine slushy? That sounds good! Can I anticipate mojito slushy as well?
A mojito slushy sounds excellent Ben! I might have to make that very soon 🙂
I can’t believe I wrote a long comment here and it wasn’t sent 🙁 Anyway, I want to tell you that I loved your idea of icy red wine, especially for my husband who loves red wine and now we have a way to serve it even on hot days 🙂
Aw, sorry your first comment didn’t post but thanks so much for taking the time to send it again 🙂 I love red wine also and can’t get over how much I like it frozen. I think you and your husband will like it this way too! Let me know how you like it when you try it 🙂
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?
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 🙂
What about being re a lot lazy and freezing a box of wine? Think that would work?
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 🙂
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!