Slice one orange and squeeze the juice from the other. Slice the lemon.
Place the orange juice, 300ml (½pt) water, 75g (3oz) sugar, and the spices in a large saucepan and heat gently, stirring until the sugar dissolves. Bring to the boil and boil gently for 5 minutes.
Add the orange and lemon slices followed by 2 bottles of wine. Heat until just beginning to simmer.
Reduce the heat and leave to simmer for at least 15 minutes. Do not allow it to boil. Taste and add a little more sugar if required. Starin if desired. Serve hot in sturdy glasses.
Notes
Cook's Tips
For the spices, use this recipe as a starting point and then adapt to suit. If you really like ginger add a bit of that, gin fans may like the flavour of juniper in their mulled wine. See the ingredients section for other flavourings you can try. But don't go overboard and throw everything in.
Choose the right wine, nothing too heavy or with a lot of tannins. If you like you can even use white wine.
Do not let the mulled wine boil.
Sweeten to taste. Start off cautiously and stir a little more sugar into the warm wine if required.