Holiday Sangria Spiced Red Wine Punch

Festive holiday sangria

• Ready In: 30 mins
• Yields: 8 beverages

Ingredients

• 2  cups water
• 1  cup sugar
• 2  cinnamon sticks
• 12  cloves
• 12  allspice berries
• 1⁄2 teaspoon fenugreek seeds
•  inch-thick slices fresh ginger, lightly crushed
• 1  orange, zest of, removed with vegetable peeler in 1-inch-wide strips
• 1⁄2 cup  fresh orange juice
• 750  ml full-bodied red wine (Syrah)
•  orange slice, for garnish

Directions

1. In a medium saucepan, combine the water with the sugar, cinnamon sticks, cloves, allspice berries, fenugreek seeds, crushed ginger and orange zest.
2. Bring to a boil over moderate heat, stirring, until the sugar dissolves. Lower the heat and simmer the syrup for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and let the syrup steep for 25 minutes.
3. Add the orange juice, then strain the syrup into a medium bowl. Wipe out the saucepan, add the red wine and spiced syrup and heat until simmering.
4. Carefully pour the spiced wine into heatproof glasses, garnish the glasses with orange slices and serve the punch warm.