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A Large Batch Mulled Wine Recipe to Serve at the Holidays

December 4 2021

A Large Batch Mulled Wine Recipe to Serve at the Holidays

Words Kate Gagnon
Want to learn the secret to hosting a stress-free holiday party or gathering? Two words: batch cocktails. This holiday-spiced mulled wine recipe is perfect for a crowd.

With batch cocktails, guests will happily help themselves to a celebratory and refreshing drink, while you’re free to mingle, greet new arrivals and catch up with old friends.

We reached out to Rebekah Peppler, author of Apéritif: Cocktail Hour the French Way, to ask about one of her favorite batch cocktail recipes. Read on for her Vin Chaud Rouge, a festive mulled wine recipe, and to learn more about l’apéro, the French tradition of pre-dinner drinks and snacks.

Vin Chaud Rouge

For a crowd | serves 8-10 | makes about 7 cups:

Ingredients

2 (750 ml) bottles dry fruity red wine

¼ cup light, runny honey (such as acacia)

10 whole black peppercorns

1 whole star anise pod

Lime peel

3 ounces fresh lime juice

Instructions

In a large pot set over medium-low heat, combine the wine, honey, peppercorns, star anise, and lime peel. Heat, stirring, until the honey dissolves, then lower the heat to very low and cover the pot. Cook for 30 minutes, making sure the wine never comes to a boil. Stir in the lime juice and ladle into mugs.