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It’s Been a Long Week: ONEHOPE Wine’s Cinnamon Orange Mulled Wine

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Image: Essential Homme, ONEHOPE Wine.

As true believers of the work hard, play hard mantra, we present you with It’s Been a Long Week, a weekly column aimed at awarding some liquid appreciation to you for just being yourself, dammit. Make a glass or two on us, you deserve it.

WHAT

ONEHOPE Wine’s Cinnamon Orange Mulled Wine
Bells are ringing, snow is falling, and a traditional English beverage is coming home for the holidays with ONEHOPE Wine, a non-profit wine service that donates half of its selling profits to make an impact. Read the recipe below and then get festive, give back, and get drunk.

HOW

Ingredients:

  • 4 cups apple cider
  • 1 bottle of ONEHOPE Cabernet Sauvignon
  • 1/4 cup honey
  • 1 orange zested and juiced
  • 10 cinnamon sticks
  • 4 cloves
  • 3 star anise
  • 2 oranges peeled for garnish
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Image: Essential Homme, ONEHOPE, Nettleton, Fluster Buster, Good House Keeping, Wise Geek, Pinterest, Discover.

THEN

Combine the cider, wine, honey, orange juice, zest, two cinnamon sticks, cloves, and star anise in a large sauce pan. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer for ten minutes. Pour into mugs and garnish with orange peels and cinnamon sticks.