It’s too easy for someone to catch a cold during these chilly and humid days. What do you usually do to prevent that? I always rely upon my good friend, TEA. It never lets me down and besides being a healthy beverage, it also improves my mood. But yesterday, after returning home, I prepared a different warm-up drink, which is quite typical  in the majority of European countries for this time of the year.
It is known by many names, but basically their meanings have to do something with heating the wine.
To name just a few:
- mulled wine
- Glühwein (German)
- vin chaud (French)
- Glögg (Swedish)
- vin brulé (Italian)
… and kuhano vino in Slovene.

The wine used is usually red, and it doesn’t even have to be of special quality. It is cooked (but not boiled) with spices and with an addition of sugar which transforms it into a pleasant end-of-day drink.
And that’s how I made it yesterday evening.

Ingredients I used:

red wine (Rioja)
an orange (peel and flesh)
a lemon (peel)
cloves
some fresh ginger
1 cinnamon stick
a tablespoon of blond cane sugar

The preparation is very simple: heat the wine together with the rest of ingredients on a low temperature. Do not let it boil. Serve hot.
You can eat the cooked orange (not the peel ) – it tastes great.
Make sure you have a nibble at hand. Mine were a couple of chocolate truffles I made the previous day.