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Hot Spiced Wine

1 cup sugar
4 cups water
spiral peel of lemon
18 whole cloves
2 750 ml red dinner wine
2 cinnamon sticks

Dissolve sugar in water in large saucepan. Add slices of lemon peel, cloves and cinnamon. Boil 15 minutes; then strain out peel and spices. Add wine and heat gently. Do not boil. Serve in stemmed mug. (Makes 20 servings).

For individual servings: prepare hot spiced syrup. For each serving preheat wine. Use 2 oz syrup and 5 oz wine. Serve in stemmed mug.

From the book: California Wine Drinks, written by William I. Kaufman (The Wine Appreciation Guild, 1982)