cooking wines

[mrdutton]

You got that right Drew!

The dreck that is sold in the grocery stores as cooking wine is just that, dreck. It is not wine and it is not vinegar, it is just stuff in a bottle. You would never want to drink that stuff (I hope), so you should not cook with it.

Whatever the recipe calls for, red or white, take the recipe to your local wine merchant and ask for some suggestions. Cook your recipe with wine the merchant suggests and then drink some of the same wine with the meal!