What is up with Winemakers superiority to brewers?

[Jacob_Marley]

Well, I guess I'm a wine snob now. I pitched yeast on 6 gallons of grape juice last week and am looking to move some mead (if it's any good) and rack the wine into my carboy. I hope it turns out, although I'll probably end up giving most of it away next year.

Wine makes great gifts. I've got one bottle left of some apple/cherry wine with coriander and spices that I'm saving for the holidays. Gave away all the rest last year.

This year I'm going to make German glow-wine or "Glühwein" ... a hot spiced wine popular at Christmas time.
I am going to use some Blueberry wine I have that is bulk aging to be spiced in the bottle using this method of making the tea and then adding it to the wine ... and label it for gift giving. The following recipe is what I've used before. I might make some of it like this and some also with the addition of coriander or possibly aniseed.

Glühwein
Ingredients:
1 Liter Red Wine
5 oz water or wine
60 grams sugar (approx 2oz)
1/4 stick cinnamon
3 cloves
Peelings of half a lemon or two lemon slices

Preparation
Bring the sugar, and water to a boil, remove from the heat, add the spices and cover. Let this mixture steep for 30 minutes. When ready to serve, mix in the remainder of the liter of apple wine, reheat to about 180* and serve.
Optional: add a little extra lemon juice or orange juice to taste.