Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.

Peel the pears but leave the stems in place.

Place the pears in a 2 ½ quart oven proof dish. The dish should be deep enough for the pears to be mostly covered by wine, but small enough for the pairs to fit snugly inside.

Add sugar and cinnamon sticks to the dish. Gently pour the wine over the pears. I hold back roughly one glass from the bottle. Unfortunately there just isn’t room in my dish.

Bake in the oven for 35 minutes or so until the pears are soft and cooked

through. Turn pears over half way through cooking.

Remove from the dish with a slotted spoon. Serve however you please.