Sangria

• 1/3 cup brandy
• 2 tablespoons caster sugar
• 2 cups unsweetened apple juice
• 750ml dry white wine
• 1 pink lady apple, cored, diced
• 2 mandarins, peeled, segmented
• 250g strawberries, hulled, thinly sliced
• 1.25 liters soda water, chilled

Combine brandy, sugar, apple juice and wine in a jug. Stir until sugar has dissolved. Add apple and mandarin. Cover. Refrigerate overnight for flavors to develop. Add strawberries and soda water to brandy mixture and serve. Serves 8.