What type of white wine should I use for cooking?
October 25, 2009
I know they say to use a wine that you would drink, but I don’t drink wine. What is a good White Wine to cook with? BTW, I don’t know if it matters or not, but I am cooking pork chops.
well pork chops…i would use a dry one like a Sauvignon Blanc or Riesling. Theres no real need to use expensive wine.
Types of White Wine : Dom Ruinart French Champagne
October 20, 2009
How to know about Dom Ruinart French Champagne White Wine; learn more about wine in this free instructional video. Expert: Mihály Fabók Bio: Mihály Fabók is Sommelier at the world famous Gundel restaurant in Budapest, Hungary. Filmmaker: Paul Volniansky
Duration : 0:1:28
What recipes can I use white wine with?
October 15, 2009
I have a bottle of wine in the fridge that I don’t want to drink, but i dont want it to go to waste either. Please give me a good recipe with White Wine.
Fish recipes are always good for white wine. You can also use it with chicken as a stock additive, along with the chicken broth. do not use it with red meat.
can you tell me which types of white wine are the least acidic?
October 13, 2009
Low acid White Wines are actually fairly rare. Many of the best whites are noted for their acid balance. Those lacking acid are sometimes called “flabby”. A few varietals that tend to have a bit less than others: Semillon. This is hard to find as a single varietal, but some wineries make on. Viognier Pinot Blanc Another way to find low acid wines is look for those grown in very warm climates. I don’t know the chemical process, but hot weather tends to minimize the development of acid while creating more sugar. Look for whites from California regions like “Lodi” or “Central Valley”.
Finding the Right Wine for yourself
October 8, 2009
Wines as we know them are generally distinguished as either red or white wine. However, this distinction is much too simplified considering the various types of wine depending on the grapes they were made of and the location of the vineyard where they were grown.
The knowledge that wine can come in hundreds, perhaps thousands of flavors, can leave you with a feeling of dread especially when you have to order wine in restaurants. The basic rule is that there is no one perfect wine because it really depends on your own taste buds. An expensive wine that may taste perfect for one can taste horrible to another.
When ordering wine in restaurant, ask for the wine you personally prefer or have gotten familiar to the taste of. If you are the adventurous type or you really don’t have an idea which wines are good, then it is always practical to ask the help of the waiter or the restaurant staff taking your order. It is proper to surmise that the staff or waiter should have been given instructions and the basic training in wine selection by the restaurant owner or manager. But what if the waiter is just as ignorant as their customers about their wine list? What if the big decision as to which wine to order is left in your hands?
If no one on the staff is knowledgeable about wines or can’t make suggestions, ask the waiter to just come back and then ask your companions about their preferences. Ask your dining companions whether they prefer red or white wine. The most common choices would be chardonnay for white wine as this is the king of white wine, or cabernet sauvignon for red wine as this is known as the king of red wine. No other choice could be much safer.
If you are eating white meat life fish or chicken, it would be best to order White Wine. If you have chosen red meat like pork or beef roast, then red wine lie Pinot Noir would be an ideal wine to order. Ordering wine by the bottle is sometimes cheaper than ordering wine by glass. There are restaurants that offer discounts to customers who order two or more bottles of wine.
Whether or not you have a limited budget, it is always wise to ask for the price of wine per bottle or per glass, if only to have a stock knowledge of their prices the next time you are tasked with the same decision to order wine for the group. If money isn’t a problem for you, then Dom Perignon would be a good choice although this wine is higher priced than the others. There are equally good wine sparklers like Iron Horse or Domaine Chandon which are priced reasonably, depending on where you are eating.
There are wines that are better when they are less than three years old. You can try ordering white wines like Pinot Blanc or French Macon are dry white wines that command good prices and can be eaten well with appetizers. Wines are best drunk when they have been properly chilled.
Jerry Shannon
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Washing With Wine?
October 1, 2009
Aren’t there also specific wines which fit certain uses better than all other types do? Indeed there are! For example, the one wine to sip while puffing a fragrant Havana cigar is red Port. If it had not been for the time-honored British custom of after-dinner Port for the gentlemen, while the ladies retired from the table, the Portuguese Port industry would not be what it is today.
While history fails to record the specific wine type with which ladies of Elizabethan times bathed their faces to improve their complexions, we do know that Anna Held’s legendary wine bath could only have been had in Champagne. Perhaps they washed with a fine Chardonnay or Pinot Blanc (http://www.wineaccess.com/wine/grape/Pinot%20Blanc/)?
And Lucien B. Johnson, the champion wine salesman of the years immediately preceding prohibition, always insisted that the wine with which to woo a lady is not Champagne. “Champagne only makes folks talkative,” Lucien used to say, “but Burgundy, warmed to the temperature of the room, makes people affectionate. Yes, Burgundy is the only love wine!”
You cannot marry off your daughter respectably these days without serving Champagne at the reception. It is usually suggested to the bride’s parents that they buy the least expensive kind, because the caterers always hide the labels with napkins, anyway. This also applies to ship launchings, where the Champagne is wasted.
At the Jewish holiday feasts the wine that flows must be Kosher I’Pesach, but fortunately the rabbis’ hechsher seals are placed on a complete variety of wine types, so that the celebrants do have a choice.
For the sick, the oftenest-prescribed wine seems to be Port, which is also the base for some of the proprietary medicines sold in drugstores, including some of the old-time favorite tonics. This type again gets the call in the pleasant custom of laying down a bottle of wine when a child is born, to age until his twenty-first birthday.
And completing the round of the clock, Port is also the favorite nightcap wine, because of its ability to induce a pleasant night’s sleep. But wait! How about morning wines? It would be a grave omission indeed to skip Champagne breakfasts and Sunday brunches. For the former, serve a choice of white and pink Champagnes. For the latter, although Rhine wines and Champagne are both popular, the dash of color that Rose adds is delightful.
And speaking of wine in the morning, there was once a famous connoisseur who always began the day by brushing his teeth with Viognier (http://www.wineaccess.com/wine/grape/Viognier/). Although it may seem to defeat the purpose of brushing your teeth by brushing them with White Wine, to a wine lover, it is the perfect toothpaste and mouthwash.
Banish any fear that you might serve a wrong kind of wine-unless you happen to be completely taste blind. Do you need a chart to tell you not to serve candy with steak? Of course not! Likewise you need no detailed instructions to suggest one of the sweet wines with a sweet dessert. You certainly would not serve dry, tart Claret with your crepes suzette-not if you have ever tasted Claret, that is.
Sarah Martin
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