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02/18/2011 National Drink Wine Day Mulled Wine

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Recipe Introduction

Pop the cork and enjoy some bubbly, it's Drink Wine Day! The list of benefits for drinking wine is getting longer and longer by the minute. Drinking a glass of wine a day makes your heart healthy, reduces forgetfulness, helps you lose weight, boosts your immunity, and helps prevent bone loss. Wine has been produced for thousands of years around the world. From classical Greece and Rome to the modern day, it's no wonder why the art of making wine has been perfected over the years. Evidence of the earliest European wine production has been uncovered at archaeological sites in Macedonia, dating back over 6,500 years ago! In China, traces of crushed grapes were also found that dated from the second and first millennium BC. Did you know that there are over 20 million acres in the world that are dedicated to growing grapes to make wine? To celebrate Drink Wine Day, be sure to check out local wineries, bars, and liquor stores in your area as many host special events for this holiday. Or what better time than tonight to host your very own wine tasting party! Slash Food

List of Ingredients

HOME COOKIN’ 02/18/2011 National Drink Wine Day Mulled Wine



Mulled Wine


1 bottle red wine, a very basic cheap one will do!
60g/2oz demerara sugar
1 cinnamon stick
grated nutmeg
1 orange, halved
1 dried bay leaf
60ml/2fl oz sloe or damson gin (optional)
Aniseed and fennel (optional)
Try adding some fresh Chilies! finely chopped (Very Optional) Or Paprika pepper!



Recipe


Add slices of orange, the sugar, bay leaf and spices to a saucepan of wine.

Heat gently until the sugar has dissolved. Taste to see if you’d like the wine sweeter, and add more sugar to taste.

3. Take off the heat, and stir in the sloe or damson gin if you are using it. and Enjoy!!