Choosing a wine

rifrench

Now I have swallowed my share of the grape in my younger days, Boone's Farm, Ripple, Thunderbird, Captain's Walk Scuppernong and the like,  but I need some advice on a wine to cook red meat with, not to drink. I have been sober since 1998, and don't want to get started again. What is a versatile wine to keep around to use in cooking, other than "cooking" wine? TIA

Battleborn

I personally use a cheap one with a chicken on it. Can't remember the name, I'm out currently, but it is usually around $5-6. 

Sea2Ski

@Battleborn. Rex Goliath ?

@rifrench just about any will do. The most important thing is sugar content. Typically you want a dry wine. While people will say "cook with what you would drink" I do that with cheaper bottles. Sometimes we go with the more expensive bottles, but I am not going to pour half a $40+ bottle of wine to simmer something in all day.  If it calls for a 1/4 cup at the end that is different because you will taste it more. 

General procedure I follow: take the type of wine a recipe calls for and get a cheaper bottle of that type of wine and you will be set. Cheap is relative.  Personally I think you are fine with a $6-8 bottle as usually you are not using much.  

Congratulations on being sober!  That is a wonderful accomplishment you have achieved! Keep it going!! 

Battleborn

@Sea2Ski that is it. I don't like wine, my wife is the wino, I usually refer to it as a bottle of "The Big (male chicken)"

dopey

@Battleborn Rex Goliath  Not a bad drinking wine either

YukonRon

When a recipe calls for a dry red, iI go cheap but with a hint of quality. Try Chateau St Michelle Cab or Bogle Petit Syrah. Works great in all recipes.

The Cen-Tex Smoker

Battleborn said:

I personally use a cheap one with a chicken on it. Can't remember the name, I'm out currently, but it is usually around $5-6. 

Rex and Goliath. It's a good cooking wine and good for a nip too. 

The Cen-Tex Smoker

See i was late there:). We buy black box mini boxes for cooking. Their Cabernet and Chardonnay are both good for cooking. Restaurants use total crap wine to cook with. total 2 buck chuck. Don't overthink it for cooking. Get the cheapest cab or Chardonnay you find. 

The Cen-Tex Smoker

This is black box chard and it is the base (along with $hit tons of butter) for our gold BBQ sauce. We use it for all kids if sauces. The cab is good too. 

BBQBuddy

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

This is black box chard and it is the base (along with $hit tons of butter) for our gold BBQ sauce. We use it for all kids if sauces. The cab is good too. 

Do you share this recipe?  Pretty sure I'd like anything with white wine "along with $hit tons of butter".  

rifrench

Thanks for the good feed back! In regard to cheap, at the last I was drinking Virginia Gentleman, half gallons in plastic....

jonessteave

I am trying to decide on some Wein from an importers list of offerings. Has anyone tried any of these?

Domaine Ramonet

1. 2004 Bourgoge Pinot Noir

2. 2004 Chasssagne Montrachet Rouge Boudriottes

Paul Aine Jaboulet (Cotes du Rhone)

1. 2001 Corna Domaine St. Pierre

2. 2003 Corna Les Grandes Terrasses

3. St. Joseph Le Grand Pompee

Bodegas Vega Sicilia

1. Pintia Tempranillo

2 Alion

Bodegas Roda

1. Roda II Reserva

2. Roda "1'

Foppiano (Sonoma)

1. 2003 Petite Syrah

Jordan Vineyard & Winery

1. 2004 Russian River Valley Chardonnay

Thanks for any info.

lousubcap

And then along came Jones-
Edit-the imbed feature has evaded me-sorry about that.  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yYQ8CwZ1k8

Canugghead

Testing,  hit and miss for me too  https://youtu.be/-yYQ8CwZ1k8?feature=shared