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The Sonnet Mulled Wine Cocktail
Red wine, brandy, cinnamon, clove, orange & star anise — served warm
Shall I compare thee to a winter's warming cup?
The Story
Shakespeare wrote his sonnets by candlelight in Elizabethan London, where mulled wine — sack heated with spices — was the drink of choice for poets and playwrights. This mulled wine cocktail follows the sonnet's structure: disciplined in its spice ratios, layered in its flavors, and transcendent in its warmth. Fourteen lines of poetry, fourteen minutes of simmering — both arrive at the same place: something beautiful that lingers.
Prep: 15 minYield: 1 cocktail
Ingredients
- 5 oz red wine
- 1 oz brandy
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 3 whole cloves
- 1 star anise
- Orange peel
- 1 tbsp honey
Preparation
- 1.Gently heat wine with brandy, spices, orange peel, and honey.
- 2.Simmer for 10 minutes — do not boil.
- 3.Strain into a heat-proof glass.
- 4.Garnish with a cinnamon stick and star anise.
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