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“Mulled wine is a wine that is heated and spiced and so should be your lover sometimes.”
― Alain Bremond-Torrent, running is flying intermittently

“It's a Baron de Sigognac XO."
Guy swirled his glass and stuck his nose inside it as Lucien had done. He moved the glass away and then went back down for another sniff.
"Christmas-cake spiced fruits, vanilla- I'd even say custard- with hints of rose and violet," he said.”
― Maggie Alderson, The Scent of You

“I'm sure you are aware of the history of the Crusaders bringing spices and dried fruits back to England. While these would have been luxuries at first, with the establishment of regular trade routes, spiced cakes would eventually become affordable treats for the common people, and were often associated with the festivals of the religious calendar. Spiced buns, marked with a cross, were being eaten on Good Friday in the fourteenth century, the origin of our Hot Cross Buns, and there are also many local peculiarities linking spices, currants and the church. Banbury cakes, baked for the town's St. Luke's Day fair, are made in an oval shape to signify the cradle of the baby Jesus...
REV. SAMUEL WAVERLEY, Banbury”
― Caroline Scott, Good Taste