Preheat the oven to 360F or 180C. To a small bowl, add wine, raisins, and anise seeds. Soak for 15 minutes.
To a larger bowl, add the flour, sugar, bakingpowder and mix with a whisk.
Add vegetable oil,wine, raisins, and anise seeds and mix together with a fork or spatula till you have a dough ball.
Knead with your hands for 1 minute to make it smooth. Don't over-knead.
Take small pieces of the dough, with the palm of your hands roll the dough pieces on your worktop, forming small snake-shaped dough pieces.
Cut the snakes in 2-inch / 5cm pieces, give it an extra roll, then bring the two extremities together, creating a small ring.
Transfer onto a baking tray lined with parchment paper. Bake in the oven for 20minutes at 360F or 180C.
Let cool down, then arrange on a serving platter. Dust with powdered sugar or dip them upside down first in water, then in regular white granulated sugar.