Mulled Red Wine

Ingredients

• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 1 handful juniper berries
• 1 handful allspice berries
• 1 whole nutmeg
• Magnum of zinfandel (or 2 standard bottles of zinfandel)
• 1 cup sugar in the raw
• Peel from 1/2 an orange

Directions

Combine cinnamon, juniper, allspice and nutmeg in a cheesecloth bag and drop in a saucepan with a quarter of the wine. Add the sugar and orange peel. Simmer to blend flavors, about 6 minutes. Once heated, add the remaining wine and return to a simmer. Remove spice bag and orange peel and serve.

If transporting in a thermos, heat thermos up with hot water to get it warm for 1 minute. Pour water out and fill with mulled wine.