You put what in my sangria?

My food allergy symptoms have grown a bit worse in the past few months. Okay, they're growing worse and the number of foods I am affected by is growing. As a result, I carry around an epi-pen. My thought is that I'll never have to use the thing, but there were enough people concerned about my reactions that I thought it good to be on the safe side. Apples still, unfortunately, have the worst effect on me.

Recently, I was having a drink with some friends after a show and I ordered a white sangria. I'd never had one before and I like the red version of sangria, so I thought this would be a good pick. It was certainly yummy, but as I slurped my first drink I wondered why my face was itching so much. It was itching in the normal allergy reaction spot, on my cheek under my right eye. Of course though, because I can be a little dense on the pick-up of things like this, I didn't make the connection. I finally figured out what was going on when I got my second white sangria drink. I looked at it and wondered what the heck was floating around. Red flecks that looked like confetti. Upon closer consideration I realized these were apple chunks put in as a garnish. Really, why would you do that?!! I guess since I'm new to the white sangria thing I may have missed out on some sort of common knowledge. Of course apple chunks are in a white sangria, what else would you use them for?

I fished the offending fruit out of my drink with my fork and I went to the bathroom to survey the damage. Not too bad. Medium sized bumps on the cheek, a precursor to the hives I might have gotten had I actually ingested an apple. No redness though. No warmness in my face or neck. No full feeling in the ears. I went back to the table to rejoin my friends and we joked a bit about my epi-pen and my silly allergies. I waited a bit before restarting my drink because I wanted to make sure I was pretty much in the clear and that my symptoms weren't worsening. However, I did not enjoy my sangria as much this time around.