Originally Posted by
gaobest
oh dear, have you missed the cooking wine posts? After I run out of cooking wine, I’ll buy some 3-buck chuck.
I don’t drink wine at home, so it’s hard to open a bottle to use 2-3 times a week at most for cooking.
I missed the discussion on this, but instead of buying 3 buck chuck (which is barely palatable) use white vermouth. Vermouth is just white wine with herbs. It's slightly higher alcohol content, so it lasts a bit longer once opened. Keep it in the fridge and the bottle will last at least a few months.
Don't buy the cheapest vermouth (Gallo or Martini/Rossi), which is about as good as cooking wine. Buy a good vermouth, like Noilly Prat or Dolin.
If you need red wine to cook with, I suppose you could do 3 buck chuck...but a cheap zinfandel is probably better. Bogle Old Vines Zin is usually around $8-10.