Gluhwein recipes?

[302w]

Does anyone have a good Gluhwein recipe?

I've searched, but haven't seen much. Most involve mulling finished wine.

I do have four gallons of Yooper's Grape Juice wine fermenting and I'd love to use that recipe as a base.

 

[jtratcliff]

Glühwein *is* mulled wine...

My wife is German... We do Glühwein every year. She often cheats and gets little mulling spice teabags from Germany but we've also done it from scratch... Ingredients in tea bag: Orange rind, cinnamon, cardamom ,cloves, sweet blackberry leaves.

We'll use a few tea bags (3ish? 4ish?) for 2 bottles of 3-buck Chuck cabernet from Trader Joes, plus 1/2-3/4 wine bottle full of water, 1 additional cinnamon stick, juice of 2-4 oranges, and 1 whole orange thinly sliced (skin and all)... All tossed into a pot. Heated on the stove just below a simmer. Add a bit of sugar to taste, but the OJ often has enough sweetness..

Here's one that looks similar to what we do when we run out of the teabags:
https://germangirlinamerica.com/gluhwein/This recipe adds brandy... We don't...

But we do optionally add a shot of rum to the mug (mit Schuss) if we want a bit more Glüh (glow)

Here are tea bags

Maybe some of the HBTers in Germany can chime in, too...

 

[madscientist451]

Plenty of recipes on Google, this one uses CabSav, but I would think some kind of German red wine would be better....
https://www.winemag.com/recipe/gluhwein-german-mulled-wine/I have some home made 2019 Marquette that is just OK, but adding the spices may be what it needs and I think I'll try it sometime around Thanksgiving.

 

[302w]

I've actually been very fortunate to have been able to buy bottled gluhwein. Perhaps it is a farce, but I've enjoyed it.

Are there any recipes for a spiced 'holiday' wine?

 

[Broothru]

I've actually been very fortunate to have been able to buy bottled gluhwein. Perhaps it is a farce, but I've enjoyed it.

Are there any recipes for a spiced 'holiday' wine?

Brings back very fond memories of the Christmas Festival in Frankfurt. I do so miss traveling to Germany, any time of the year.

 

[jtratcliff]

I've actually been very fortunate to have been able to buy bottled gluhwein. Perhaps it is a farce, but I've enjoyed it.

Are there any recipes for a spiced 'holiday' wine?

The bottled stuff is still mulled wine, just pre-made... Just need to warm it up a bit.
Not quite as tasty as making it yourself, but passable...

https://www.totalwine.com/wine/dessert-fortified-wine/spiced-wine/wintertraum-gluhwein/p/14759010

 

[302w]

Yes, that's it indeed. Brotherhood Winery also sells a ton of their famous "Holiday" wine.

I think I will try a few one gallon batches to experiment. Perhaps next Christmas I'll have a recipe for gifts!