We both drink cheap wine and SO occasionally has a vodka . I enjoy sipping wine while I cook and I'm convinced it makes me a better and happier cook . The galloping gourmet was not swigging soda as he cooked so if it's good enough for him it's good enough for me .
Me too.
I've been known to deglaze a pan with wine right from my glass.
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Actual from budget is less than $20/month. We used to buy more expensive wine and drink it more often, but cut back drastically (on quantity & quality) with this recession, and not likely to go back to our old habits. However, we usually go out to dinner once a week and will usually have one drink each, not counted in the above.
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I've been known to deglaze a pan with wine right from my glass.
It's like the old saying goes...
"I love cooking with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food!"
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Oh aren't you the clever one! I promise I won't drink cooking wine with anything marsala.
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DBF usually pays for the keg in the kegerator, and we don't usually consume all of the beer at once (there are probably 30+ cans/bottles of beer in the fridge (but it will stay there until the next party (Bud & something else gross!) Wine goes with food and friends! As long as I choose to keep it in the budget and it does not affect my savings rate, it's all good!
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I'm another water drinker here. We keep a Brita pitcher in the refrigerator. DH likes O'Douls (alcohol free beer) because he likes the taste and the beer belch but doesn't want the alcohol. I buy 4-5 6 packs a month @ $4.59 each so that's about $20 a month.
I usually have a Corona once a summer but I forgot to do that this year. (I think I need to get out more!)
I have no sense of smell and very little sense of taste. If I have a drink or wine with food I can't taste anything! There are a few mixed drinks I like but I've never been a fan of wine.
For my MIL's 80 birthday the family bought her a case of her favorite wine from a local vineyard that does custom labels. They did a label with a picture of her as a child. Lovely idea and she loved the gift. We were all together and opened a bottle and did a round of toasts to her. I had a sip and almost blurted out "This is awful!". Just not my thing. I think it was a chardonnay.
This summer we got an iced tea machine. The tea is FANTASTIC, but the machine uses a lot of ice, so I have to remember to keep making ice cubes.
The young wife and I share a decent bottle of wine with dinner every night. The cost averages about $300 per month. (although we have been abstaining for the past month in an effort to lose weight -- it's working)
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I am also a big fan of water with food. But I also like wine.
On months when I am drinking out of my "cellar" I maybe spend $20/month for an afterwork beer twice a month.
On months when I am actively adding to the "cellar" I can easily burn through $1000 a month. I'll usually buy a few bottles to try and then pick up a case of those that are wonderful (or promise to be so with a little aging).
Maybe it averages $300 a month over the course of a year. But the cellar is getting well populated. I've gone a year or more just drinking what I've laid down without any new additions, so I figure when I eventually get retired I'll be able to drop the wine budget to zero and live off what's stored.
I am also a big fan of water with food. But I also like wine.
On months when I am drinking out of my "cellar" I maybe spend $20/month for an afterwork beer twice a month.
On months when I am actively adding to the "cellar" I can easily burn through $1000 a month. I'll usually buy a few bottles to try and then pick up a case of those that are wonderful (or promise to be so with a little aging).
Maybe it averages $300 a month over the course of a year. But the cellar is getting well populated. I've gone a year or more just drinking what I've laid down without any new additions, so I figure when I eventually get retired I'll be able to drop the wine budget to zero and live off what's stored.
I live in a condo in CA right now, so no cellars here...but in the future after I fire I would probably relocate somewhere else (location TBD) but would LOVE to have a cellar for wine storage...
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