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Winter is here and the holidays are upon us. And how better to warm your spirits than with a nice cup of warm mulled wine? Making mulled or spiced wine is very easy and the result is quite tasty. You don’t need to follow this recipe exactly and you can use whatever spices/quantities you prefer to create your own recipe.
- 1 bottle (750 ml) of red wine, I used a Charles Shaw Shiraz
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 4 tbsp brown sugar
- Mulling Spices:
- Cinnamon
- Cardamom
- Cloves
- Nutmeg
- Ginger
- Black Pepper
- Star Anise
- Allspice
What you’ll need:
Pour the entire bottle of wine into a sauce pan over medium heat. You want to make sure it doesn’t get too hot or boil. Alcohol has a lower boiling point (173°F (78.5°C)) than water (212°F (100°C)) does. I used a kitchen thermometer to monitor the temperature of the wine, try to keep it under 130°F if you can.
Add the lemon juice and the sugar, you can add more or less sugar depending on how sweet you’d like it to be. Add your mulling spices. I used a few dashes each of Cinnamon and Cardamom, 4 whole Cloves, 3 whole Black Peppercorns, a dash of Nutmeg and Ginger and just a touch of Star Anise and Allspice. Like I said, 
feel free to mix and match your spices to create your own mulled wine.
Stir the wine to dissolve all of the sugar and mix in all of the spices. Keep the wine over low heat for 5 minutes or so making sure it doesn’t boil and stirring occasionally. Pour the wine into mugs and curl up by the fire and enjoy.