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Who Brought the Cheap Wine?
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No. 31 · Family Christmas Chaos

Who Brought the Cheap Wine?

Every bottle gets a second chance as mulled wine.

Serves6
GlassGlass mugs
Difficulty1 of 3
Sweet / Strong3 / 2
CostLow
Make-aheadHold on the lowest heat for 2 hours

Ingredients

  • 1 bottle (750 ml) inexpensive dry red wine
  • 3 oz brandy
  • 2 oz orange liqueur
  • 0.25 cup brown sugar or 3 oz maple syrup
  • 1 orange, sliced
  • 3 cinnamon sticks, 3 star anise, 6 cloves

Build

  1. Warm wine, sugar, orange and spices on low for 20 minutes. Never boil.
  2. Stir in the brandy and orange liqueur off the heat.
  3. Ladle into glass mugs with an orange slice.

Zero-proof twin

16 oz cranberry juice and 8 oz red grape juice with the same spices.

Note. want it cold? Jingle Juice (No. 04) is the big-batch sangria version.

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