What can i do with my Vinigar wine i made

[growityourself]

Hi all,

we tried to make some red wine last year from grapes in the garden, tastes very very vinigary, so undrinkable,

was thinking is there anything it can be used for apart from maybe cooking with it??

could we pickle something with it??

or make aq nice dressing??

if so does anyone have any suggestions of what and how to make them

thanks all

[FionaH]

Probably best as salad dressing

[growityourself]

any suggestions|??

could we pickle beetroot with it? or onions??

[nelliegemini]

I should think it would make a lovely base for a chutney type pickle, I'm thinking wine and cheese, wine pickle and cheese - yum.

[lottie dolly]

any suggestions|??

could we pickle beetroot with it? or onions??

always worth a try,do 1 small jar of each,leave for a few weeks,and sample,or try a sprinkling on some freshly done beetroot,cannot hurt,

[Wren]

A wee tip for you.

Next time you make wine you must make sure you store it properly. The corks must be air tight and the bottles should be layed on their side to keep the cork from drying out or the air gets in, bacteria breeds, an instead o wine you end up with vinegar.

I have spent the last 11 years in the wine trade an can assure you that storing your wine is so imperative to keeping it drinkable.

Wren

[Hilary B]

If you just have verjuice (I think that's the proper name for vinegary wine) you need to convert it into real vinegar. Best way is to aerate it thoroughly. Pouring from one bottle to another, (I would use a funnel) slowly, several times, ought to help. Well worth trying to use it for pickling, but I would use it for pickling sweet things, fruit for instance, or maybe pickled eggs....

[Flummery]

I'm not sure how well pickles would keep if the acidity level isn't high enough. Salad dressings is a good idea. Or sprinlked liberally on salted chips! My Dad had a wine go vinegary. It went on chips and was so much nicer than the reall tart stuff you buy.

[Hilary B]

I'm not sure how well pickles would keep if the acidity level isn't high enough. Salad dressings is a good idea. Or sprinlked liberally on salted chips! My Dad had a wine go vinegary. It went on chips and was so much nicer than the reall tart stuff you buy.

If the wine has totally 'turned' the vinegar should be acid enough (probably), but if it is a mixture of wine and vinegar, probably not.....

[wellie]

Oh, what a timely thread! Trousers and I opened a bottle of Red Wine tonight that he bid for in the local show a few months back, and it was definitely not 'drinking material'.... more like sherry?

Nice to have suggestions as to what to do with 'failures', rather than pour them down the sink!

This one was a red wine (allegedly!) For everyone's sake - can we keep the suggestions coming?!
X

[Hazel at the Hill]

Oh, what a timely thread! Trousers and I opened a bottle of Red Wine tonight that he bid for in the local show a few months back, and it was definitely not 'drinking material'.... more like sherry?

Nice to have suggestions as to what to do with 'failures', rather than pour them down the sink!

This one was a red wine (allegedly!) For everyone's sake - can we keep the suggestions coming?!
X

Now, y'see, if I was going to offer a 'bottle of' up to the local show, it would obviously be one of my top notch parsnip wine jobbies, but not everypeeps is as meticulous as I am with regard to the quality of items offered to the local show....

Now, I would think that anything which is vinegar-like could be used as a basis for pickling whatever-you-have at the mo, as salaaaaaad dressing OR if it really is sherry-like, bung it in a trifle OR mix with lemonade (pimms styleeeeeeee) to offer to gran/mother/mother-in-law as sherry. The old witches (no offence girlee witch peeps on the Vine) will not note the difference.

All else fails, bung failed red wines into beef casseroles. Cook, cool, cook again with home growed barlotti or similar & serve under pastry with dumpling, mash or home growed veg of choice.

Mmmmmmmmmmmmm

[lynda66]

use it to rid your kettle of limescale

mind you all red wine tastes like vinegar ....... how do you know when it's off??

[Hazel at the Hill]

mind you all red wine tastes like vinegar .......

*faints

*put arm round Lynda who clearly needs taking in hand.

[Hazel at the Hill]

*goes for a lie down

[lynda66]

but it does ...... i don't get it .......even a bit

my parents are winey people and often say here taste this it's dead fruity or whatever ....... i have never tasted one yet that wasn't vinegar ....... even with lemonade i can still taste it