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What to do when served bad red wine...

Name: What to do when served bad red wine...
Yield: Makes 1 glass
Ingredients: 1 glass of bad red wine; 1 splash coke or pepsi

by: LizTerry

November 2, 2010

4.7

3 Ratings

Makes 1 glass

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Author Notes

So I learned this trick from a friend of mine, McKenzie. I didn't believe it until I tried it. We leave in DC, the land of fundraisers and politics. Most fundraisers and political events have an open bar but the wine can be a challenge to get down. This is a fool proof trick... —LizTerry

Ingredients

1 glass of bad red wine
1 splash coke or pepsi

Directions

If you have a glass of red that is just undrinkable, add a splash of cola and enjoy. It will be worlds apart from where you started. Oh and I don't even like cola but this works for wine!

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Sadassa_Ulna November 3, 2010

I've often wondered - when reading wine reviews - if those "notes of fig, blackberry, licorice, cola, asphalt, rocket fuel, etc" could be added to wine with something like a splash of coke or prune juice (or a chunk of highway). But seriously, why not? I will try that trick next time . . .

LizTerry November 3, 2010

Don't knock it til you try it! It's pretty good and in Spain there are even mix drinks called: Calimocho. Check out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalimotxo for more information.

dymnyno November 3, 2010

I know that there are a lot of drinks that mix alcohol and a soft drink...rum and coke, white wine and soda , blah, blah etc. My only problem was that the wine was BAD wine. I have a problem with using bad ingredients for anything...as an ingredient in cooking or whatever. Personally if I was served a glass of red wine and it was bad (and I am not referring to cheap) I would not try to doctor it up. I would just have water.

LizTerry November 2, 2010

I agree! If that's an option. In my experience most small fundraiser events and political events are beer and wine only. Either way you are certainly going to get wine at dinner...some people are great at picking $10 wines-others not so much. This is a solution for the situation when you don't have a better (gin or vodka) option.