Bakers Rack For Your Reading PleasureUsing Bargain Wines to Your Advantage
Using bargain wines is often preferable for occasions when it would be unwise to to invest a large amount of money in expensive wine.
Do you really want to use top-notch red wine for making sangria or for serving up at parties, when friends have already had enough to drink? No, I didn't think so!
Drinking Bargain Wines
Blended wine is usually cheaper and a reasonable bet in terms of drinkability. As a general rule, Chilean blends are the cheapest option, although it's often worth paying that little bit extra for Australian blends. In fact, a number of Australian producers market two excellent blends at the lower end of the price spectrum, one white and one red. The red is a blend of cabernet sauvignon and shiraz and the white consists of semillon and chardonnay. Keep an eye out for these grape combinations, if you're after a bargain!
Another winner at the cheaper end of the market is Spanish Rioja (both red and white). As Rioja is usually less fruity than the previously mentioned blends it is generally better for serving with food, rather than drinking on its own.
Other Uses of Bargain Wines
Sangria
If you're making sangria, you need red quaffing wine - and lots of it. As sangria is made from red wine, sugar, fruit juice and spirits, the quality of the red wine becomes largely secondary. This is where boxed wines come into their own. Buy large boxes that are relatively cheap - no one will notice! Be sure to purchase reasonable quality fruit juice and don't go for the absolute cheapest wine as you may live to regret it, the following morning!
Large Parties and Receptions
When serving wine to a large party, cost is obviously important. As a rule, boxed whites are generally more palatable than boxed reds, so if want to trim costs, anywhere, buying cheaper white wine may be a safer option.
A great way to improve boxed red wine is to add a reasonable quality bottle of red wine. Provided that you choose the correct bottle of red, this can make an impressive difference to the taste. Of course, you do need some suitable decanters or serving carafes and a little patience to pull this one off, successfully.
Finally, choose your nibbles wisely. Plain potato chips will do little to help you disguise a poor wine. Instead opt for a selection of cheeses, as they will enhance the flavor of even the cheapest of wines.
About The Author
Since Neil Best first pondered the question, Who made the first wine anyway? he's been recording his findings at http://www.goodglug.com Find about your favorite wine regions, wine recipes, and speciality wines along with how it's made and how best to store it for maximum enjoyment neilbest@rocketmail.com
A synopsis on Bakers Rack.
Using Bargain Wines to Your Advantage
Using bargain wines is often preferable for occasions when it would be unwise to to invest a large amount of money in expensive wine. Do you really wa...
Click Here to Read More About Wine ...
Bakers Rack Items For Viewing
The FTD Sweet Sentiment Bouquet - Deluxe
 Send your warmest greetings and salutations. A clutch of vibrant pinks, creamy yellows and star-like whites, in a basket with pink ribbon. C18-3069D
Price: 62.99 USD
Current Bakers Rack News
Two days in the wine heart of Tuscany (Stuff)
Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:02:09 PDT
Got an art-and-history overload in Florence? Jump in a car and drive about 100km south, to the heart of Italy's Tuscany for fresh air and great wine.
In the Papers - Saturday August 30th
Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:00:33 PDT
Here’s a round-up of the food & drink articles in Toronto’s papers today… National Post: Gina Mallet loves Mengrai Thai on her first visit, but starts to reconsider on her second. Margaret Swaine has wines from Portugal, Bordeaux and Washington State amongst her picks from today’s Vintages release. Sarah B. Hood has a hot time at a dosa eating contest at Udupi Palace in Little India. Jon Bricker and Kate Swoger don’t care if the food at Afghan Village is 100% authentic, as long as it’s go
Bubble n Squeak
Sat, 30 Aug 2008 11:53:00 PDT
For a moment I toyed with calling this post 'Rain and Bird shit' as a way of registering my irritation with some of the comments over at The Orwell Prize blog. In particular I'm talking about those comments which express dismay that things Political didn't occupy Orwell's thoughts all the time. On this point, that many of the comments take the liberty of referring to Orwell by his birth name, Eric Blair, rather than his pen name, strikes me as especially ironic. What after all are the expectati
RockSellout Was There: Projekt Revolution Part 8
Sat, 30 Aug 2008 11:43:22 PDT
Projekt Revolution August 02, 2008 Ford Amphitheatre Tampa, FL We’re closing up our Projekt Revolution recap, fittingly enough, with headliners Linkin Park. Alert readers will notice we omitted Street Drum Corps from this series - this is because we have an interview with the band coming soon which will feature the pics and show review from Tampa’s Projekt Revolution therein. After the jump: exclusive pics, excerpts from my notebook, and wrapping up one long day of good music. pharmacy
Amanda Christine Miller: Food & Wine's Dana Cowin And Her Amazing Multicolored Coats (HuffingtonPost)
Sat, 30 Aug 2008 11:35:17 PDT
Dana Cowin, Food & Wine magazine's editor-in-chief since 1995, has been covering the world of food, wine, style and design for more than 25 years....
Purchasing Commercial Wine Racks- Of import Stairs to Postdate
Sat, 30 Aug 2008 08:32:16 PDT
Commercial wine racks are more often than not dual in two main groups. First group is corresponded by in store Commercial wine racks, highly for high traffic countries of the store to excite gross revenue. The sec group lies in of basement or warehouse Commercial wine racks, predominately got for storage of large amounts of bottlefuls earlier they hit the ledges. Primary foreign mission of every wine storage rack is to the right way ease wine bottles. In the beginning wine storage racks were in
People Wine
Wine Online | Wine Opener
Labels: Jordan Wine
&type=page"> 
  
Posted by Scott Smith |
|
0 Comments:
<< Home