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Vin Chaud (French Mulled Wine)

Name: Vin Chaud (French Mulled Wine)
Total time: 20 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: France
Ingredients: 750ml (1 bottle) Red Wine; 3 tbsp Honey; 1 Orange; 1 Cinnamon Stick; 2 Star Anise; 3 Cloves; 2 slices Ginger

Drink

⏱ 20 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Vin chaud is French mulled wine, warmed with honey, orange, cinnamon, and star anise. It’s a fixture at Alsatian Christmas markets and ski resorts.

🍷 Please drink responsibly and only if you are of legal drinking age. Avoid alcohol if you are pregnant, breastfeeding, or driving.

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📖 The Story Behind This Drink

The name simply means "hot wine," and in winter it appears on café chalkboards across France. Strasbourg’s Christmas market in Alsace, near the German border, is especially famous for it, and a white version made with local wine, vin chaud blanc, is also popular.

🌆 Where it’s enjoyed: At Strasbourg’s December Christmas market, people take steaming cups of vin chaud from wooden stalls and nibble pain d’épices.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Red Wine 750ml (1 bottle)
Honey 3 tbsp
Orange 1
Cinnamon Stick 1
Star Anise 2
Cloves 3
Ginger 2 slices

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Wash the orange. Slice half into rounds and juice the other half.
Put the wine, honey, orange slices and juice, cinnamon, star anise, cloves, and ginger in a pot.
Warm over the lowest heat for 15 minutes, stirring to dissolve the honey. Keep it steaming but don’t let it boil.
Strain into heatproof glasses and garnish with orange slices and star anise.

💡 Tips for Success

Sweetening with honey is the French way, giving a mellower sweetness than German Glühwein.
An affordable fruity red such as Bordeaux or Côtes du Rhône works well.
Leftovers keep in the fridge and can be reheated the next day. Please drink responsibly and only if of legal drinking age.

🍽 Goes Well With

Tartiflette

Pot-au-Feu

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