New Ginger Wine - Christmas & Holiday Ginger Wine

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon freshly grated lemon rind (zest of 1 lemon)
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice

• 1 (750 ml) bottle white wine
• 1/3 cup honey or golden syrup, to taste
• 1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
• 1/4 cup raisins, chopped roughly (can use mixture of regular and golden raisings)
• 1 ounce brandy or cognac, to taste

Directions

1. 1

   In a non-reactive saucepan over medium heat, combine the lemon zest and juice, wine, honey or golden syrup, ginger, and raisins.

2. 2

   Raise the heat to medium-high, stirring constantly until the honey or golden syrup is melted, which will take about 4 minutes, but do not allow to boil.

3. 3

   Add the brandy or Cognac and place into glass container.

4. 4

   Refrigerate at least one day (or two, to taste), then strain the wine and serve in small glasses; it will be slightly cloudy but very tasty and very good for helping digest those large dinners everybody had!

5. 5

   Note: honey and golden syrup have different tastes, and I like both. It's nice to have the both versions of the wine with made, for different folks' tastes!