# Spiced wine?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiced-wine/389783>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** wine\
**Created:** [January 28, 2007, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiced-wine/389783 "2007-01-28T01:03:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiced-wine/389783/21 "2007-01-29T00:51:54Z")

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[QUOTE=OpalCat]  
…yes, the garlic thing was a joke…  
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You may jest, but some people do actually put garlic in their wine - mostly as a novelty at such events as the [Isle of Wight Garlic Festival](http://www.garlic-festival.co.uk/) - I remember seeing a bunch of people sitting down to a garlic themed meal accompanied by glasses of red wine, each with a clove of garlic floating in it.  
Dessert was garlic ice cream.

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**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiced-wine/389783/22 "2007-01-29T03:14:00Z")

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[QUOTE=OpalCat]  
It says I probably didn’t know what it was at the time?  
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Do I truly need to discuss the state of your pants at the time? I think you might have had other things on your mind.

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**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiced-wine/389783/23 "2007-01-29T15:35:52Z")

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[QUOTE=Jonathan Chance]  
Do I truly need to discuss the state of your pants at the time? I think you might have had other things on your mind.  
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Um, _I_ think you should!

> [@OpalCat](#):
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> So is spiced wine basically like wassail made with wine instead of apple cider?

Well, I suppose, except wassail made with apple cider is mulled cider, not wassail. Wassail is usually made with wine (which makes it identical to mulled wine), but is traditionally made with ale.

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiced-wine/389783/24 "2007-01-29T15:49:43Z")

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