If a recipe calls for "red wine" but doesn't specify the type...

[minkydog]

For beef, I think I'd go with a Merlot or a Cab. I'm not a red drinker but Barefoot makes my favorites so I would definitely go with them. They are about $5 a bottle.....also I was at Wal Mart over the weekend and they had some wine for $1.97 a bottle....I bought a couple to try but haven't opened them yet. If you're just using it for cooking I would go with one of their reds.

I was going to suggest a nice merlot. I get a blackberry merlot(and i can't think of the name of it) and it is just delicious. I put my flank steak in the crock pot, pour in about 1/2 cup merlot and some mushrooms, let it cook a good long time. Put in a little sour cream right before you serve it, throw it over some noodles, and it makes the best beef stroganoff.

 

[Liberty Belle]

I asked the guy at the wine store and he recommended a Burgundy. It did the job - I was trying to copy the pot roast recipe from Liberty Tree Tavern.

 

[powellrj]

Truthfully, I very rarely cook with wine and would just use all beef broth.

 

[cornflake]

With prime rib I'd go with a burgandy, you want something heavy and more luscious than a merlot.

Cooking wine is evil. It is salty and watery and just disgusting. You can also serve the rest of the bottle with dinner. Even if you're not normally a big wine person, try it!

 

[tasha99]

As others have said, avoid cooking wine. It's highly salted so that it can't be drunk. Nasty, nasty stuff.

I often get Barefoot wine and usually go for Pinot Noir, mostly cause then I get to drink the rest of the bottle.

 

[tlbwriter]

Cooking wine is nasty. Always cook with drinkable wine. If you're not going to use the whole bottle, you can freeze the rest (I like to freeze it in 1/2 cup portions) for later use.

People assume all of the alcohol cooks out, but generally it does not.

 

[Lintasare]

Holy Resurrected Thread Batman!

The OP is 2 years old.

 

[ZephyrHawk]

Either whatever I'm drinking or whatever was on sale at the store that week. Mind you, these are often one and the same.

 

[Liberty Belle]

Holy Resurrected Thread Batman!

The OP is 2 years old.

Oh good grief. I hate it when that happens.

Should have known when I saw Papa Deuce's eyes.

 

[tlbwriter]

Oh good grief. I hate it when that happens.

Should have known when I saw Papa Deuce's eyes.

Dang it, I even thought "why is Papa Deuce posting as Papa Deuce again?" and I still fell for it!