Cheap wine when making sauces

[caff]

Is cheap red / white plonk good for making sauces with?

Someone told me using a £3 bottle is better than a nicer to drink one, for making sauces with. Not sure I trust their judgement.

 

[Visage]

Never cook with a wine you wouldnt be prepared to drink.

 

[FakeSnake]

When cooking with wine, you tend to reduce the alcohol so mostly all thats left is the flavour.Cook with a decent wine, I dont mean spend £20 on a ChateauNeuf, but as Visage said, one you would be happy to drink.

 

[Jonny69]

Any old goat pee does me fine for sauces, really HONESTLY it makes very little difference. If I were making a sauce that was mainly wine for on fruit or something I might think about a nicer wine but for slashing in pasta sauce etc you can't taste any difference.

 

[caff]

Yeah gonna use it on some lamb shanks, so it'll cook for quite a while - after an hour or so of cooking I doubt I'll be able to tell?

I'll give the cheap bottle a shot

 

[pugster]

use crap wine for cooking and you will end up with crap tasting food,reducing bad wine will just intensify its bad flavour,ernst & julio gallialo is cheap and ok to drink/cook with.