My Family'S Swedish Glogg - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 quarts port wine (Italian Swiss Colony is best, if available)
1 1/2 quarts water
1 cup sugar (granulated)
3 whole cinnamon sticks
10 dried prunes
4 pieces dried apricots
4 pieces dried apples
12 whole almonds
2 tablespoons whole cloves
1/2 cup golden raisin
1/2 cup dark raisin
1/2 orange, rind of, peel cut into 1/4 in. sections (peel of half an orange, white pith removed)
1/2 cup candied pineapple

Preparation

In large pot, combine all ingredients EXCEPT the wine. Simmer, covered, for about 1 hour.
Add the wine, bring to a near boil, and turn off the heat.
Strain the liquid through the strainer into another large bowl or pitcher.
From the leftover fruit mixture, take one cinnamon stick and a few almonds and put them into each wine bottle.
Use the funnel to pour liquid back into wine bottles.