cooking with wines

[mrdutton]

Unless I am soaking wood chips for use on the grill, I usually do not use cali Chardonnay for cooking.

Otherwise, I cook with the wine I'll be drinking with the meal. That does not mean that I buy two $40.00 bottles of Chablis: one for cooking and one for drinking. However, I'll use a much less expensive chablis for the cooking and drink the good stuff with the meal.

If I plan on a Crus Beaujolais for dinner, I'll cook with a Beaujolais-Villages....... etc., etc.

I also like Foodie's suggestion for using the Cribari in lieu of REAL maderira or marsala.

Whatever you do, enjoy!!