Wine: I recommend using a dry or semi-dry red wine with good body and flavor (such as merlot, cabernet sauvignon, or syrah). Try not to use sweet wines as that will result in an overly sweet mulled wine (unless that’s the taste you’re going for). Also, go for affordable wines as the heating and spices will reduce the nuances of more expensive wines.

Sugar: I used brown sugar, but wine sugar or cane sugar can work just as well.

Orange: I used orange slices as they add a beautiful citrus flavor to the mulled wine, but lemon slices or grapefruit slices will work well too.

Spices: For the spices, I used a mix of star anise, cinnamon sticks, cardamom seeds and cloves. Feel free to add nutmeg too if you enjoy.