Sangria with blackberries and blueberries

Ingredients:

• 1 bottle (750 ml) Cabernet Sauvignon or other red wine
• 1 cup of sugar
• 1 cup black raspberry liqueur, such as French Chambord liqueur
• 1 cup of berry vodka
• 1 tbsp. soda
• 0.5 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice (from about 3 lemons)
• 2 containers of blackberries, 170 grams each
• 2 containers of 170 grams of blueberries

Preparation:

1. For the syrupIn a small saucepan, combine the sugar with 0.5 cups of water and bring to a boil, stirring occasionally, until the sugar dissolves, about 5 minutes. Cook the syrup for another minute, then remove from the heat. Let it cool, then pour the syrup into a 3-liter pitcher.
2. Add wine, liqueur, vodka, soda, and lemon juice to the pitcher and stir. Add blackberries and blueberries and cover the pitcher with plastic wrap. Refrigerate the sangria to chill for at least 4 hours or overnight.
3. For serving, select 8 blueberries and 8 blackberries and score each one. Garnish the rims of 8 glasses with 1 blueberry and 1 blackberry, then fill the glasses halfway with ice. Pour the sangria and add the remaining berries to each glass.