Margaret’s Hot Mulled Wine

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups boiling water
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/4 lemon
• 8 whole cloves
• 1 (3 inch) cinnamon stick
• 1 (1.5 liter) bottle red wine

Directions

Bring water to a boil in a saucepan; dissolve sugar in water. Stir in lemon quarter, cloves, and cinnamon into water; boil for 10 minutes. Strain and return to saucepan.

Stir red wine into water-sugar mixture; heat until piping hot, but not boiling, about 5 minutes.