Mulled Wine

I've been experimenting with mulled wine recipes and here's the current result:

1 750 mL bottle of red wine (something with body like a cab sav or a burgundy. something drinkable but not really expensive; you're going to cover up all those subtle notes with spices)

6 cinnamon sticks, broken up
12 whole cloves, crushed
12 whole allspice, crushed
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/8 tsp ginger
1/4 - 1/2 cup sugar

Mix the wine and spices in a pot and heat very slowly for 15-25 minutes. Do not let it boil, or the alcohol will boil off. The best way to heat the wine is to put it in the clean pot of an autodrip coffee maker and heat it on the hot plate. This hot plate is made to keep coffee hot without boiling it and it will do the same for your wine. Once this is done, add the sugar a little at a time, tasting. Depending on the wine you use, you will need more or less. Next strain and serve it hot in mugs. It's even better after sitting overnight with the spices.


I compiled these instructions from these two recipes:

BellaOnline - Mulled Wine Recipe

http://www.janespice.com/recipes/mulled-wine

Thanks to Jim Fortune of Bella Online for the tip about the coffee maker.

For more on mulled wine, check out this page with historical recipes:

WineIntro Mulled Wine, Eggnog, Glogg Recipes