Recipes and Cooking Hot Scarlet Wine Punch 4.3 (12) Welcome holiday guests with this festive cocktail flavored with cinnamon and cranberry. By BHG Test Kitchen BHG Test Kitchen The Better Homes & Gardens Test Kitchen has been in continuous operation for nearly 100 years, developing and testing practical, reliable recipes that readers can enjoy at home. The Test Kitchen team includes culinary specialists, food stylists, registered and licensed nutritionists, and other experts with Bachelor of Science degrees in food science, food and nutrition, or culinary arts. Together, the team tests more than 2,500 recipes, produces more than 2,500 food images, and creates more than 1,000 food videos each year in the state-of-the-art test kitchen. Learn about BHG's Editorial Process Published on August 8, 2012 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: Scott Little Prep Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs 30 mins Total Time: 3 hrs 40 mins Servings: 14 Jump to Nutrition Facts Ingredients 2 inch stick cinnamon, broken into 1-inch pieces 4 whole cloves 1 32 ounce bottle cranberry juice (4 cups) ⅓ cup packed brown sugar 1 750 milliliter bottle white Zinfandel or dry white wine Cranberry-Cinnamon Swizzle Sticks (optional) Directions For spice bag, cut a double thickness of 100%-cotton cheesecloth into a 6-inch square. Place cinnamon and cloves in center of cheesecloth square. Bring up corners of cheesecloth and tie closed with clean 100%-cotton kitchen string. In a 3 1/2- or 4-quart slow cooker, combine spice bag, cranberry juice, and brown sugar. Cover and cook on low-heat setting for 3 to 4 hours or on high-heat setting for 1 to 1 1/2 hours. Remove spice bag. If using low-heat setting, turn to high-heat setting. Stir wine into mixture in cooker. Cover and cook for 30 minutes more. Serve immediately or cover and keep warm on warm setting or low-heat setting for up to 2 hours. Stir occasionally. If desired, serve with Cranberry-Cinnamon Swizzle Sticks. Cranberry-Cinnamon Swizzle Sticks: Break or crush cinnamon sticks into long, thin pieces. Thread fresh cranberries onto the cinnamon pieces. Rate it Print Nutrition Facts (per serving) 99 Calories 16g Carbs Show Full Nutrition Label Hide Full Nutrition Label Nutrition Facts Servings Per Recipe 14 Calories 99 % Daily Value * Sodium 6mg 0% Total Carbohydrate 16g 6% Total Sugars 15g Vitamin C 25.4mg 127% Calcium 10.1mg 1% Iron 0.4mg 2% Potassium 84mg 2% *The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.