Quentão - Brazilian Mulled Wine - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup sugar
2 cinnamon sticks
2 pieces lemongrass
1 fresh pear, sliced
1 fresh peach, sliced
1 fresh apple, sliced
1 tablespoon whole cloves
1 pint water
1 (750 ml) bottle red wine (Merlot, Cabernet, or Burgundy will all work)
1 1/2 ounces Cointreau liqueur
3 ounces cachaca (rum may be substituted if you can't find the cachaca)

Preparation

Combine all the fruit and condiments in a saucepan.
Add water and heat to a boil; boil two minutes.
Add the wine and boil for another two minutes.
Reduce heat to warm and add the Cointreau and the cachaca (or rum).
Serve hot.