Sheila's Perfect Sangria

Ingredients

• 2 navels oranges , thinly sliced
• 2 lemons , thinly sliced
• 2 limes , thinly sliced
• 1 pear , cored and chopped
• 1 kiwi , peeled and sliced
• 1 cup fresh strawberries , sliced
• 1 can pineapple chunks in juice , 20 ounce
• 0.5 cups white sugar
• 0.5 cups Cointreau or other orange liqueur
• 1 cup white rum
• 0.33 cups coconut-flavored rum
• 2 cups orange juice
• 2 bottles dry red wine , 750 milliliter
• 0.5 cans frozen pink lemonade concentrate , 12 fluid ounce
• 0.25 cups lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons lime juice
• 1 cup lemon-lime soda , chilled

Instructions

1. 1

   Place the oranges, lemons, limes, pear, kiwi, strawberries, pineapple chunks and juice, and white sugar into a large bowl. Pour the Cointreau, white rum, coconut-flavored rum, and orange juice over the fruit. Stir gently to dissolve the sugar. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours.

2. 2

   Add the red wine, pink lemonade concentrate, lemon juice, and lime juice. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours, or overnight.

3. 3

   Before serving, add the chilled lemon-lime soda. Serve over ice, spooning the fruit into the glass with the liquid. Garnish with an orange slice or maraschino cherries.