Spiced Wine with Cognac

Ingredients

• 5 1/4 cups red wine
• 1 teaspoon of whole cloves
• 1 teaspoon whole allspice
• 1/2 teaspoon cracked peppercorns
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• broken into pieces
• 3/4 cup Cognac

Instructions

1. Pour the red wine into an enamel saucepan and add a spice bag containing the cloves, allspice, cracked peppercorns, and the cinnamon sticks.
2. Let the mixture stand for 1 hour and bring it just to the boiling point, covered, over moderately low heat.
3. Remove the pan from the heat and let the mixture stand, covered, for 5 minutes.
4. Discard the spice bag and stir in the Cognac, warmed.
5. Divide the spiced wine among six 10-ounce heat-proof mugs, rinsed with boiling water beforehand.