The name Sangria comes from the Spanish sangres, bleeding, and the wine that is used is usually the Sangre de toro: it can be entirely substituted with Cabernet and Merlot or with the excellent and Spanish Rioja. According to the most accredited theories, sangria was born in the 9th Century, thanks to the Spanish peasants. They started to prepare a drink by using the products they had available at the moment, namely wine, peaches, apples, and citrus fruits. There are also other theories, but the substance is that today there are many types of sangria, and every person in Spain claims that it is the original recipe. At the base, however, there is always the stained wine, full red wine, although, in Catalunya, they prefer white wine.