I am not a wine drinker and I have recipes that call for white wine. The advice is to purchase a wine you will drink, well I won't drink any of it. I need advice on which wine I should purchase. I don't want to spend a lot of money but I also don't want to ruin my recipe. Also, where do you find sherry, I looked at Walmart and didn't see any.
Don't waste time on sherry, an inexpensive white wine is just as cheap and imparts a better flavor. A good inexpensive white wine should be no more than $6 a bottle. Just select the cheapest white wine at that particular store -- look for sales. When you use the amount needed, just re-cork it and put it in the fridge, to be used in the next recipe. One bottle should last a good while that way.
If you do choose to go with sherry, it's usually in cooking wines, or specialty wines, depending on that store.
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Cooking with wine should be fun. If you are just starting out, keep it simple - try a young bold red (Zinfandel, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon ) in your Aunt Betty's family spaghetti sauce recipe or a dash of Chardonnay in your Creamy Alfredo Chicken recipe. Experiment with using wines in recipes, it is not rocket science and shaking recipes up with a splash or two of wine will likely make your favorite recipe that much better
If you look in the wine section, you will find small 4-packs of wines, usually a chardonnay or merlot or similar. Most recipes don't call for large amounts of wine, and if you aren't wine drinkers, it is a waste to open a regular-sized bottle and then have most of it turn to vinegar before you use it up.
I carry the 4-packs in the RV. They are easy to store, and I can keep a small white wine in the fridge in case someone drops in and wants one glass. I have thrown out too many bottles over the years to want to open a new one for the occasional one glass. Of course, if our friends are wine drinkers, we bring out the "good stuff."
My wife uses "Livingston" Red Rosa or white (Chablis). A 3 litre is about ten bucks. The Red adds great flavor to homemade spegetti sauce. The white adds a nice flavor to Lingunie & clam sauce. She says she uses a cup for the sauce and a cup for the cook.
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