Blue Mountain Hot Wine
From:	Grampa, Ste-Julie, Quebec, Canada
Comments:	Delicious hot beverage to serve after a winter sport activity.
Servings:	24

1 cup [200 g] sugar 3 cups [750 mL] boiling water Rind of 1/2 a lemon 18 cloves 1 [6-inch / 15-cm] cinnamon stick 2 [26-ounce / 780-mL each] bottles red table wine Nutmeg	Dissolve sugar into boiling water. Add lemon rind, cloves and cinnamon stick. Boil for 15 minutes. Filter into the upper part of a double boiler; pour in wine. Heat until hot. Serve hot, sprinkled with a little nutmeg.