cooking with wine .....

[janeababe]

I rarely ever drink wine (prefer scotch or ouzo)  Yummmmmm......

Anyway, what i want to know is this:
When a recipe says 1/4 cup of red wine, What is the best for cooking with?
I have no idea.  I had tawny port in the cupboard but it just didn't do the trick! (LOL)  *erk* more like it.


cheers folks.
Have a good one

[iapetus_rocks]

I have read that when using wine in cooking, it's best to use a wine that you would be happy to drink.

Using cheap wine is not going to deliver you an haute cuisine taste sensation.

Mind you, if you drink enough cheap red wine then even the infamous Aussie meat pie becomes palatable . . . especially late at night when bought from your local cafe de wheels.

[electric*mayhem*band]

Personally I wouldn't blight or impair good food with any of it. I've heard it said though, that red wine is ideal for stripping pine, while white wine is an excellent substitute for vinegar.

All wine buffs and experts should be silenced, by having their tongues removed.

[lurker172602]

[lurker172602]

[i-need-a-martini]

If it's red wine that gets called for you can chuck in any drinking wine. 

It's only when it asks for white wine that you need to be careful what you pick. Not so much the quality but the variety. Some dishes need a sweet white but it could ruin others.

A port would never work because it is not really a wine - it is a wine-based drink with added spirits or it is fortified which makes it too gooey to add to cooking.

[lionrose.7]

I only cook one dish with Wine and I just get a medium priced Cab Sav.

[kopenhagen5 · Accepted solution]

If a recipe calls for red wine then it should be red wine.

Not port wine. That is something totally different and not a red wine.

Red wine is more acidic as port is more sweet.

You can buy those little 1 or 2 glass sachets that will do the trick.

Cab Sav, cab merlot, shiraz or merlot are all good for cooking.  

[janeababe]

thanx Kopes

i know nothing about wine..... (or Port)  it seems...   LOL

I didnt know you could buy sachets of it, sounds like the go i reckon.

cheers.   (and thank you)