< Swedish, shortening of glödgat vin mulled wine ( glödgat, past participle of glödga to mull, heat up, derivative of glöd ember; vin wine )
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And thus glögg, a heated wine, was born.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 3, 2022
In addition to getting a cup of authentic glögg to sip at Julefest, you can also buy bottles to bring home.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 3, 2022
A preshow party includes Christmas cookies, glasses of glögg and a visit from Santa.
From New York Times ● Dec. 12, 2016
What to drink Gingerbread Although Swedes seem to drink coffee with just about everything, I think it would be a bit more festive to serve glögg, the Scandi version of mulled wine, with Magnus’s gingerbread.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 5, 2015
The fact that it references Stockholm and Oslo doesn't hurt, allowing the musky scent of glögg to waft out of the speakers.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 16, 2010
In that spirit, we will have glogg and gingersnaps on the winter menu — so that we can welcome people in from the cold to create memories of their own.
From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2022
In Sweden, glogg comes sprinkled with almonds and plump raisins, which have soaked up the wine and taken on the flavor of the spices.
From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2022
Other ideas encourage the city and its restaurants to develop winter food festivals and marketing campaigns that remind us how charming it can be to bundle up, drink glogg and stroll in the snow.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 15, 2020
But you should have a taste for strong coffee, warm glogg and sweet seasonal pies and pastries, because the holiday cafeteria is not to be missed.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 17, 2016
“Now you are Swedish,” she said, toasting us with glogg.
From Washington Post
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