More than 1/2. That's about 1 to 2 glasses per day.

That's what I try to limit myself to.

I stated a red wine thread at the same time as the beer thread first appeared. Judging from the longevity of the threads, it's not all that hopeful for a new one.

Here's one:

Red Pasta Sauce: (serves 4)

8 -- 10 oz Canadian bacon, diced
1 med onion, diced
4-5 smashed garlic cloves (to taste)
1/8 to 1/2 tsp crushed red pepper (depending on how spicy you like it)
Kosher salt
fresh ground black pepper
48 oz can petite diced tomatoes
1 cup red wine
2 tsp dried basil (fresh okay, but add it at the end of the cooking and don't cook for too long)
1 tsp crushed rosemary
1 -- 2 tbsp olive oil

1) sautee onion, red pepper flakes, and garlic in olive oil until clear. I start with onion and red pepper and add garlic later to keep it from burning. Adding the red pepper at the beginning infuses the olive oil with the flavor.
2) add Canadian bacon and sautee for about 2 -- 4 minutes
3) add tomatoes, red wine and rosemary. Bring to gentle simmer. Cook about 5 minutes.
4) add dried basil
5) add salt and pepper to taste. Simmer for another 5-10 minutes until sauce is somewhat thick and chunky.
6) serve over your favorite WW pasta (I like angel hair)
7) Parmesan Reggiano is a great topping to this.

serve with a side salad and the remainder of your wine bottle.

A good rule of thumb I learned about cooking with wine I learned from watching the Frugal Gourmet some time back:

You should be able to drink the wine with which you cook. This excludes bad wine and off-the-shelf wine labeled as cooking wine.

Besides, you can sip a glass of your "cooking wine" as you prepare your meal to put more fun into cooking!

i got tired of the big fruity california cabs and have been trying some of the cheap french bordeaux. the lighter body is a nice change, but they just don't have the tannins. i wish there were a nice affordable red with a hefty dose of tannins.

barefoot is a good wine, made even more appealing by the fun cork.

quote:<HR>Originally posted by Ice Cream:
I stated a red wine thread at the same time as the beer thread first appeared.<HR>

The first Beer Thread started in April, 2002.

It has been re-started with much fanfare each year since then. I have it archived from then until the beginning of 2005. This "volume" a transcription, if you will is entitled "Beer: A Conversation" and is structured as such. If you opened it randomly - which is the best way - and started reading, you will follow it as a long, semi-linear conversation over the years, with characters and topics drifting in and out.

It currently exists as a 525 page, 7MB PDF, with another 150 pages (4MB) of Appendices.

Anyone interested, can pop over to the BEER thread and make a request or drop a comment on my blog.

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I usually drink $6-$15 bottles of wine, trying new things probabyl 1/2 the time and coming back to old favorites routinely, mostly Aussie wines.

A new U.S. one we've been buying more commonly is Crane Lake. Don't be put off by the price, its only $3.50-$4 a bottle, but very good.
My wife loves their Cab for reds and their Pinot G for white, and I really like almost all of it, (just nothing too dry to where a I pucker up or too sweet to were I get a sugar headache after one glass.)

I was told, purely rumor, that Crane Lake is so cheap becuase the wife got mad at the husband for whatever reason, they had a split and she got 1/2 the winery and is now selling dirt cheap, but purely rumor thus far I was also told that it is made by the same people that make two buck chuck for Trader Joes, but we don't have a Trader Joes, so again, purely rumor.