If I'm going to cook with white wine, which are sweet and which are dry?

Answer 1

The most common sweet wines you'll find in stores are White Zinfandels or other wines made in that style (sweet rose wines), so stay away from those and you should be ok. Reislings are often also made with a bit of residual sugar, so unless you're making something fruity, or a dessert, I'd steer clear of those as well.

Most recipes that call for wine only require a cup or two, so there should be enough extra in the bottle for you to taste the wine and evaluate its sweetness before continuing with your recipe. Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc are probably the best all around white cooking wines, and you can find some decent affordably-priced bottles. If in doubt, ask the customer service desk to have the wine buyer come up and talk you through your selection. Good luck!

Answer 2

Almost got fooled into listing dry and sweet whites...

Any white grape varietal can be made into a dry or off-dry wine. And most white grape varietals can be made into sweet wines. I usually cook with the wine I will be serving at the table, unless the cost of the wine becomes prohibitive. A pocket guide to wines is a great investment to the new wine consumer.

Answer 3

99% of wines that are made are table wines. Tables wines are almost always dry! If you want a white wine that is not dry, try one made in Germany. Riesling grapes had a tendency to produce a "sweeter" wine that appears less dry on the palette.

I just covered this topic for another web site!

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/276723/how_do_i_know_if_a_wine_is_dry_or_sweet.html

Answer 4

Don't waste a lot of money to use wine to cook, Chablis is dry and Rhine is sweet, Bottles of Gallo or Almaden would work out great and their under $5 a bottle, Enjoy.

Answer 5

totally agree with Molly L. I usually buy things that are $10 give or take. And normally sauvignon blanc and chardonnay.

And since you more often than not need only a smallish amount, you could even buy those little tiny four packs of single servings. They are great to keep around for cooking.

Answer 6

Any sauvignon blanc from Chile or California that is under $10.00 a bottle and it's not sweet wine but not as dry as chardonnay.

Answer 7

chardonnay is dry as well as sauv blanc and pinot grigio

your sweet white wines would be a riesling or rhine wine

Answer 8

A sauterne is sweet, most chardonnay's have < 2% residual sugar, making them dry to semi-dry.

Answer 9

from sweet to dry:
Chardonnay -
Pinot Grisio
Reisling
Sauvignon Blanc

Answer 10

peeceporter and chardonay are sweet...pinot grigio is dry