Spec.. me a red wine for cooking

Greenlizard0 · 11 Apr 2010 at 03:54

This will be for cooking only, I don't drink wine. At this point though I can only think of spag bol that will use it be will be looking to use it if anything else takes my fancy.

Budget I'd say no more than £15, I don't want to spend anything silly. Preferably this wine would be available at Tesco or general supermarkets too.

stulid · 11 Apr 2010 at 04:01

As Keith flloyd use to say.

If its not good enough to drink, its not good enough to cook with.

PapaLazaru · 11 Apr 2010 at 04:04

Just get a £5 bottle of Rioja.

Cook, drink. Sorted. :cool:

Ahleckz · 11 Apr 2010 at 05:32

PapaLazaru said:
Just get a £5 bottle of Rioja.

Cook, drink. Sorted.

+1.

If you don't drink wine, then you won't appreciate a 'decent' wine in your cooking.

Or, buy three bottles of £5 wine - drink, kebab. Sorted. :cool:

Haircut · 11 Apr 2010 at 07:39

I just keep a box of Chilean Shiraz in my kitchen for cooking.
It lasts for months, comes in at under £15 for 3 litres of the stuff and actually tastes pretty decent.

semi-pro waster · 11 Apr 2010 at 07:58

£15 is a bit excessive if you're only using it for cooking the occasional dish, I doubt I'd spend more than £7 for that sort of purpose. Maybe something based on the Merlot or Shiraz grapes as both tend to lead to fairly inoffensive wines, I'd suggest getting something with a screwtop so that you can store it more easily also.

Freefaller · 11 Apr 2010 at 08:14

Just buy some plonk it doesn't need to be fine wine (and it would sacrilegious to use it for cooking and not drinking! :eek:

). Getting a box will last you a while and is pretty cheap.But the screw top idea isn't bad (can't believe I just said that

).

NickK · 11 Apr 2010 at 08:28

Freefaller said:
Just buy some plonk it doesn't need to be fine wine (and it would sacrilegious to use it for cooking and not drinking! ). Getting a box will last you a while and is pretty cheap.But the screw top idea isn't bad (can't believe I just said that ).

Agreed, also expensive drinking wine often doesn't taste as good in food as say something with acidity or less subtle etc.

Greenlizard0 · 11 Apr 2010 at 08:29

Thanks for your suggestions lads, I found a Tesco Chilean Reserva Merlot bottle for £5.29 at Tesco. That should do the job.

J1234 · 11 Apr 2010 at 11:39

Sounds fine.

Just don't buy any of this 'cooking wine' that some supermarkets sell, it's vile. Only cook with wine that you would drink.