The simplest way to take cheap wines and make the best drink out of it is to make some mulled wine. Here is how.
Take a pot and set it on the stove. Add a 750ml bottle of dry red wine into the pot and set it on a low heat. Peel the zest off half an orange and drop it in. Stir gently. Add in some sugar and continue to stir. Drop in the cloves one by one, and don't forget to stir. Add in half a cup of brandy and the rest of the sugar. Stir for a while before you drop in a cinnamon stick. Stop stirring and let it start steaming. Once it does, serve it in mugs.
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