It's #NationalMulledWineDay (no, I don't know why it's in March of all months), so here's a look at some of the key chemicals in this warming drink's components: https://www.compoundchem.com/2014/12/16/mulledwine/
@compoundchem Most of these things come not out of some deep tradition but the decisions of marketing boards. At this point, they probably just pick a day that has less competition from other products' National days...
@compoundchem Cool poster. Wouldn’t the sucrose hydrolyze into glucose and fructose? Or maybe there wasn’t enough room on the poster for 2 sugars 😉