…may the mulling begin! Below is a note with a recipe from on of our users.

Dear Drync’ers,

I am enjoying Drync. By the way I just made a batch of mulled wine this evening. For wine I used a big jug of Carlo Rossi Burgundy for $11, and it actually turned out pretty well. It’s amazing how much these jug wines have improved since I recall them tasting in college :-). And the nice part is the leftovers can go right back in the jug for keeping in the fridge.

Ingredients

• 4 quarts dry red wine (zinfandel, merlot, burgundy, etc.)
• 1 pint brandy
• 1 cup sugar
• 6 cinnamon sticks
• 12 cloves, whole
• 1/8 tsp allspice
• 1/8 tsp mace
• 2 oranges, sliced
• 1 lemon, sliced

Directions

1. Pour the wine into a large pot and begin heating over low heat.
2. As it begins to warm, add sugar and spices. Stir until sugar is dissolved.
3. Add the brandy.
4. Heat thoroughly, but do not allow to boil!
5. Add the lemon and orange.
6. Steep for about 1 hour over low heat.
7. You may add more sugar during this time if desired, stirring well so it disolves.
8. Serve hot and garnish with orange slices. A stick cinnamon could also be used.

Best regards,
Tom

One of the things that’s been most interesting to watch is how people are using Drync. With thousands of active users adding wines to their cellars now, and tens of thousands of searches each month, we’re starting to see lots of interesting trends in the data.

For instance, we’ve started watching “top wines” that users have added to their cellars…

Interesting that the most popular wine right now is a $38.00 bottle! Another interesting stat is that we are approaching 800,000 wines that we search, and have performed over 25,000 searches in the last month!

And of course, the most exciting thing about this is that people are clearly using and getting value from the product. As entrepreneurs, that’s the ultimate reward.

Here in the US, we’re full-on into holiday madness.  While the recession is certainly having it’s own effects on cheer, it certainly doesn’t mean we need to forgo that special wine, right?

In my house, when the party calls for a red, we have a midpriced go to like Red Truck. For a white, we’ll serve Field Stone Saugvignon Blanc, when we can get our hands on it.

My parents are a different story, however.  My dad, being a collector of wine is just as likely to bust out the Opus One as he is an Easton Zin.

Champagne, or, more correctly sparkling wine, is where we all agree.  For the Sagalyn family, that special bottle of sparkling is Gruet from New Mexico.  No matter the special occasion, from birthdays to Thanksgiving to New Years, Gruet Brut finds its way to our table.

Do you have a go-to wine?  If so, we’re itching to hear about it and, more importantly, try it.

It’s been about 3 weeks since we launched Drync Wine, and so far the response has been amazing. Never in our wildest dreams did we expect to get picked up in 56 (!) countries and so many thousands of users - especially not this quickly. We’ve heard from hundreds people with useful suggestions who are passionate about wine, and committed to making Drync the best wine app on the iPhone.

For grins (and because we think it’s so cool), here’s the list of Drync’ing countries:

United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Switzerland, France, Hong Kong, Mexico, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Unknown, Brazil, Sweden, Australia, Japan, Singapore, Norway, Russia, Belgium, Denmark, Puerto Rico, Poland, Spain, Luxembourg, Taiwan, Argentina, Czech Republic, New Zealand, China, U.S. Virgin Islands, Ireland, Turkey, Austria, Unknown, Costa Rica, South Africa, Macao, Finland, Egypt, South Korea, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Panama, Monaco, Ukraine, Portugal, Peru, India, Malaysia, Vietnam, Latvia, Indonesia, Greece, Chile, Malta, Venezuela.

So, from the Drync Team, we send a huge ‘THANK YOU’ all of our users.Oh, and keep a lookout for our upcoming release, due out any day, that incorporates a lot of the feedback we’ve gotten (including photos).