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What is a dry white wine?
I am not a wine drinker, and most of what I was exposed to growing up came in a box. I do like to cook, and there have been a few recipes I have made that call for a "dry white wine" in the sauce. I have usually just used cooking wine. I have heard the phrase, "If you wouldn't drink it, don't cook with it", so I thought I would try a real wine, but I am completely at a loss about the differences, other than color. Any help and advice would be appreciated.
3 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Baloney to the If you won't drink it, don't cook with it. I drink really excellent wine (on a friend's dime) - usually in the $40 - 100 range and believe me, we aren't going to be cooking with that.
In fact, we go to Trader Joe's and get Two Buck Chuck - usually Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon to have on hand to cook with.
Check out this article from the New York Times where they put the theory to the test and Two Buck Chuck (I guess it's 3 bucks in NY) won. They even explain why...
It Boils Down To This: Cheap Wine Works Fine
- McCall EvansLv 61 decade ago
Wine in a box, Poor Girl! "If you wouldn't drink it, don't cook with it" is a very good motto to go by in cooking! Dry wines are measured by the amount of alcohol sugars from fermentation. A good dry white wine will have very little sweetness and thus will be a good choice for cooking. There are over 130 types of white wine grapes! However, there are 4 common white wines that can be used as either as table or cooking wine. These are chardonnay, pinot grigio, riesling, and sauvignon blanc. The dryness of these wines depends on many factors such as vintage, climate, storage and availability. You should also concentrate on what type of dish you will be using it in (you most likely will not use the whole bottle, so get a wine you would drink the rest of). My suggestion would be to go to a respected liquor store and ask for a good dry white wine (some stores give out taste samples)! I personally just had a bottle of 2007 [yellow tail] Pinot Grigio that was dry, crisp, floral and tasted of apple (great for cooking and drinking)! Part of wine is the pleasure of trial and error! Good Luck and Bon Appétit!
- 1 decade ago
It's white wine that isn't sweet.
Presumably that might affect a recipe?
Try this: http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/360585
