There was a period in the 70's when mulled wine was all the rage in Scotland. Favourite recipe was the cheapest bottle of plonk you could find. Put it into a pot on a low peep and add some white sugar (nobody used brown sugar in Glasgow) a cinnamon stick, a sprinkling of cloves if you could get them and half an orange.

Needles to say the fad didn't last long as it was too much faffing about and wasn't strong enough to get drunk on.