Spiced Orange Wine - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 (750 ml) bottles dry white wine
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup Grand Marnier, orange liqueur
1/4 cup Pernod
2 whole cloves
4 turkish bay leaves (or 2 California leaves)
2 navel oranges

Preparation

Bring all ingredients except oranges to a boil (reserve wine bottles and corks), stirring until sugar has dissolved.
Remove zest from oranges in a continuous spiral using a vegetable peeler and cut off any white pith with a paring knife.
Reserve oranges for another use and divide zest between empty wine bottles.
Fill bottles with orange wine and cool, leave uncorked for1 hour.
Cork bottles, then chill at least 5 hours.
Cooks' note:.
Orange wine can be chilled up to 1 week.