In recipes that call for "cooking wine?" I don't use no stinkin'
cooking wine. I use the real thing! And how do I go about choosing just the right wine for the recipe? Well, since you asked ... I choose the proper wine based upon a few considerations: a pretty label on the bottle, perhaps a quirky design detail or two, and whether or not it's on SALE. Following are some of my more recent acquisitions:

So. Knowing what you now know about me ... which of the following bottles do you suppose I contributed to my parents' pretty wine refrigerator?



Hmmm.... cute, quirky, cheap. Check, check, check. :-)
ROFL I love seeing all the different wine labels and names. There are some super creative and funny ones out there (like the Happiness wine you gave your parents).
ReplyDeleteI don't drink much wine. The nitrates give me headaches apparently. Lovely, huh?
Rhea, clearly I don't drink much either, or my vino pre-requisites might look a whole lot different ;-)
ReplyDeletehillarious.. really.
ReplyDeleteYou crack me up! I don't use cooking wine either. I use the eral thing. I've found that I prefer some of the cheaper wines over the more expensive ones :-)
ReplyDeleteFor beef dishes I use a West Coast wine. Wente is the vineyard. They make a great Merlot. I'm not sure about the cuteness of the label, but it is good for drink and cooking.
I don't drink a lot of wine either. The nitrates bother me too. Champagne, on the other hand...no problem with that.
When I was growing up that bare foot was a logo for Hang Ten clothing.
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