Comments on: Pretty Green Tip: Ice Ice (Wine) Baby

By: Str4y

Str4y — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:06:24 +0000

…I don’t really see the problem here…I, myself, don’t drink…but I use wine in cooking ALL the time. Once a bottle is opened and a splash used in a pot of sauce or to season a saute, I firmly replace the cork and put the wine back on the shelf. Sometimes it takes me a while to get through a bottle of wine, but as long as it remains well sealed in between uses, it doesn’t seem to degrade or ‘go to waste’ in any way.

By: Light Green Wine « pretty green girl

Light Green Wine « pretty green girl — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:46:41 +0000

[...] many times have you opened a bottle for just one glass or a recipe (what, you haven’t made my wine ice cubes?), and the rest has gone to waste? Remember: you’re not just wasting the wine (alcohol [...]

By: jaime

jaime — Fri, 01 May 2009 22:38:34 +0000

LOVE IT. I’m totally coming home on Sunday and sucking down some of your wine goodness.

By: Scoop

Scoop — Fri, 01 May 2009 04:39:43 +0000

Thanks for another great idea. I’m in the same boat – I typically pop open a bottle on Fridays so that I have the whole weekend to drink it. But I’ll give this a try since I usually really, really need a glass of wine by mid-week, and this way, I don’t have to throw away wine that I can’t finish. How many days do you let your wine sit out before turning them into ice cubes?

By: kirby

kirby — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:37:22 +0000

Oh goodness. As someone who lives alone, I *hate* this problem. I’ve tried the ice cube thing and then tend to forget that I have them in my freezer :p

So… I got one of those vacuum (not the kind that adds nitrogen) sealers – it seems to work pretty well. http://www.sourcingmap.com/wine-bottle-saver-vin-vacuum-sealer-preserver-pump-p-31824.html

Mmmm. Sangria. I have a friend visiting (I’m an SF’er too) from DC next week and may just need to add Cha Cha Cha to our list of restaurants (Aziza, Burma Superstar, Mission burrito, Cafe Gratitude…).

By: Jaime

Jaime — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:12:24 +0000

That is an awesome idea! I can’t wait for sangria season to arrive One of my very faves!

I buy marinara sauce in a can from TJ’s (cheaper and better than most of their bottle potions, and no, I don’t make my own pasta sauce from scratch…someday) and it is always too much for one dinner. I think it would be a great idea to put the sauce in the ice cube trays too, or homemade pesto (I do make that!).

By: Hallie

Hallie — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 04:06:21 +0000

I LOVE sangria! But now that I got that out of the way, I love idea of freezing leftover wine and using it for cooking. I don’t drink that much wine, so leftovers often go to waste and likewise, I leave it out of recipes because who wants to open a bottle for 1/2 cup? What a perfect solution! Now I need to find ice cube trays.. .:-)

By: janeterin

janeterin — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:14:05 +0000

Oh, totally – that is a great idea! I’m going to add that to the bottom of the post. Yay!

By: Andrea

Andrea — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:12:08 +0000

Wow that is a great idea – I always end up drinking the whole bottle within a few days so as not to waste wine because I LOVE me some wine but usually don’t want to drink more than a glass a night. This is perfect. I love having chilled wine during the summer too. I think this would also be a great idea to use wine cubes in fruit juice, kinda like a Sangria!