Last year I had a Christmas party with close friends. I was just pregnant with squirrelly baby and therefore couldn’t partake in the mulled wine. However it was too early to let people know. To stave off suspicion, I poured coke in a mug (the closest in colour) and held it close to my face, blowing on it and taking small sips to pretend it was mulled wine.

This year, I’m going to drink the real thing.

Here are 10 mulled wine recipes worth obsessing over.

…ok maybe the last two aren’t strictly mulled wine, but they sure have peaked my interest.