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When it comes to the holidays, aromas from the kitchen evoke powerful memories. One of the aromas is mulled wine. Easy to make, warm and delicious a mulled wine can lift spirits during the holiday season. One can use inexpensive wines so mulled wine recipes are economical. Heat ingredients in a crock pot and the aroma will fill the house every time someone fills their glass.
We have several mulled wine recipes in the recipe section of the Wine Trail Traveler website. One of my favorites is the one provided by my son, Kevin, last Christmas. Hope you’ll enjoy it too.
Cheers,
Terry
Mulled Wine Recipe
Ingredients
2 bottles of Cabernet Sauvignon
1/2 – 1 c sugar depending on how sweet you want it
1 orange sliced
whole cloves
one can of orange juice concentrate
1 c water
1 t cinnamon
2 cinnamon sticks
1/2 c apricot brandy
Directions
1. To a crock pot add the wine.
2. Add the sugar and stir.
3. Slice and quarter the orange. Stick whole cloves into the orange skin and add to the crock pot.
4. Mix the orange juice concentrate with one cup of water and add to the crock pot.
5. Add other ingredients to crock pot.
6. Heat the ingredients for a couple of hours and its ready!
Provided by Kevin Sullivan, Wine Trail Traveler staff.
Another Health Benefit from Red Wine Resveratrol?
There are numerous reports about the potential benefits of moderate wine drinking or perhaps a certain component inherent in the wine that may be good for people. Much of the research is done with red wines. Frequently cited as the reason for affecting health is the positive result from resveratrol a component of red wine.
Recently the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene learned that the National Institutes of Health completed a study showing that resveratrol can help in treating malaria. More studies need to done to verify that this will help malaria patients. It has been estimated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that 300 to 500 million people suffer from malaria each year. Many people die due to malaria, perhaps one million each year. Hopefully future studies confirm that resveratrol is beneficial for malaria patients. For more detailed information, read the news release at ASTMH.
If you haven’t heard of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) according to their website, “The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH), founded in 1903, is a worldwide organization of scientists, clinicians, and program professionals whose mission is to promote global health through the prevention and control of infectious and other diseases that disproportionately afflict the global poor. Research, health care and education are the central activities of ASTMH members, whose work bridges basic laboratory research to international field work and clinics to country-wide programs.” View the ASTMH website to find out more about the organization.
Cheers, Kathy