> wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Jul 2018 Jinx the Minx wrote:
>> John Kuthe wrote:
>>> Hank Rogers wrote:
>>>> Druce wrote:
>>>>> John Kuthe wrote:
>>>>>> Sqwertz wrote:
>>>>>>> John Kuthe wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> And the Banana Bread I made is EXCELLENT!! Could have used the
>>>>>>>> two extra way overripe bananas I chose not to put in, but other
>>>>>>>> than that! Oh and I slipped in an extra YUM by presoaking a bunch
>>>>>>>> of raisins in some cooking wine I keep atop the fridge and YUM-O!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Raisins soaked in cheap, salted wine = Extra Yum? <gag>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> No, raisins soaked in a splash of the bottle of red wine usually a
>>>>>> Cabernet, Shiraz or Zinfandel that I didn't drink the whole bottle so
>>>>>> the rest of the bottle became my cooking wine. Good enough to drink
>>>>>> when freshly opened.
>>>>>
>>>>> But I hope you don't let it sit there for a week or more and then call
>>>>> it cooking wine. It's just off by then.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> He shouldn't keep it "atop" the fridge, either. It will keep a little
>>>> better inside the fridge.
>>>
>>> Too tall for inside the fridge. Keeps OK, it's wine after all.
>>>
>>> John Kuthe...
>>
>> Those fridge shelves are adjustable.
>
> If the bottle is corked/capped just lay it down as if racked.
>
> I rarely drink wine. My wife has a glass like 2-3 evenings a week but
> she prefers box wine, room temperature rose. On the rare occasion I
> feel like some wine it's a spritzer, rose and soda over ice. My wife
> says "why spend a lot on wine, it all ****es out the same".
>

Ive drank some pretty **** poor wine over the years. Id rather spend
more on a little bit of great wine than than spend more on a lot of bad
wine. Not that you have to spend a lot to get great wine, that is.