Mulled White Wine with Pear

Name: Mulled White Wine with Pear
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Cuisine: European
Ingredients: 3 cups chopped, ripe pear (About 2 large pears); 2 tablespoons chopped ginger; 2 cups water (500 milliliters); 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste (or pure vanilla extract or 1 vanilla bean cut open and scraped); 1 teaspoon whole allspice; 8-10 cardamom pods (crushed if you want more flavor); 1 x 750 milliliter bottle of dry white wine (or apple/pear juice for non-alcoholic version); 1/4 cup Cointreau (4 tablespoons, optional, or orange juice for non-alcoholic); 1/3 cup honey (113 grams, or to taste)