Mulled White-Wine Sangria

INGREDIENTS

• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup honey, preferably orange-blossom
• Zest of 2 lemons, cut into long strips
• 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice (from 2 lemons)
• 4 whole star anise
• 4 cinnamon sticks
• 12 whole cloves
• 2 bottles dry white wine, such as Sauvignon Blanc
• 1 cup orange Muscat, such as Essencia
• 1 Golden Delicious apple, cored, halved, and thinly sliced
• 1 Bartlett pear, cored, halved, and thinly sliced
• 2 lemons, preferably Meyer, thinly sliced crosswise
• 12 kumquats, thinly sliced crosswise