Gramma's Pasta Sauce

I was going to send you some vegan recipes, but my favorite daughter, Geri, called and asked for my pasta sauce, so here it is.  This can be a vegan sauce just by leaving out the meat.  My grandmother came here from Italy when she was a teenager, this is the sauce she passed down to me through my mom.

First brown 1pound of sweet Italian sausage.
Dice a large onion and 3 cloves of garlic, and add to sausage with a few drizzles of olive oil.
Cook until the onions are soft.
Now add about two large cans of tomato sauce and one can of tomato paste.
My Gramma used to put in sugar but I have changed it to organic maple syrup, about 2 tablespoons.
Add about 1 tablespoon of basil and 1 tablespoon of oregano.  Fresh or dried, either is okay.
If your sausage was not made with fennel in it, add about 1 tablespoon.
Add about 1 cup of red wine, salt and pepper to taste, stir and let it simmer at least a few hours but preferably all day.
You can omit the meat and make it vegan like I said before.  A pound of chopped mushrooms is also a good addition with or without the meat.
You can use this sauce for everything, from pasta to pizza.
enjoy, love Deb

P.S. I can my tomatoes, so that is what I use instead of canned tomato sauce.