Cheap wine

[cjsmith]

Tonight I have learned why people will generally not buy a $3.50 bottle of wine.

I figured I'd go cheap. It was for cooking fondue; I'm not technically allowed to drink wine at all. I figured I'd take the last glass left in the bottle, after two cups of it went for cooking, and do the one-glass-of-wine experiment to see if white wine makes me feel like a truck ran over me.

Despite the fact I've been missing wine terribly, I may not finish this glass. I may, for possibly the first time in my life, throw away wine that hasn't -- by some definition, at least -- gone bad.

This stuff isn't even that good in fondue.

Comments

[takhisis.livejournal.com]

Oieeergh... if wine's not even good for cooking with that's EXTREME. I tend to go drinking -> fondue -> piccata -> marinating in terms of quality. Even the worst crap white is still useful over some chicken breasts in a gallon ziploc with some olive oil, capers, garlic, and sliced sweet onion. :)

I also discovered the hard way, NEVER use cheap reisling for fondue. You end up with horrid curdled glop. =( The waste of that much cheese will forever be a stain upon my soul...

[ladyqkat.livejournal.com]

Not good wine also makes lousy wine vinegar. There is wine out there that is inexpensive and good, but cheap wine is worse than lighter fluid. And I am not much of a wine drinker.

[wooddragon.livejournal.com]

For the last number of years, I've tried to live by the rule that if I won't enjoy drinking it (which you didn't know at the time), it shouldn't be cooked with, either. I think that was Julia Childs' credo..

[tiger-spot.livejournal.com]

It didn't have to go bad -- it started that way.

[lisa-marli.livejournal.com]

Two Buck Chuck is usually drinkable, but after that my usual bottom limit is $5. And I'm Real Cheap.
Trader Joe's is my friend. :)

[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

i typically buy new-to-me wine on either (i) personal recommendations or (ii) having tasted and enjoyed them. this compensates for the fact that i don't really know much about wine :)

[abqdan.livejournal.com]

Oh dear - you wouldn't be happy at our house! I collect coupons, special offers, and bulk discounts at our local market that bring the per-bottle cost down to $1.99. It's a mind-game I play with Smiths. Though to be fair they all START OUT at $5 to $7 a bottle :-).

[lkeele.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I did that, about a month ago. Picked up a $3 bottle of wine, thinking that, if nothing else, it would be good for cooking.

No. Would rather cook with dirty dishwater. Yuck.

[airporter.livejournal.com]

I need to get some of that for my Gram - she's got us bringing a bottle or two out each visit, and I've been buying locals that are about $13 - $16 a bottle.

Which is, apparently, much too expensive. Oy.