Margaret'S Hot Mulled Wine - cooking recipe

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

Preparation

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.