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Wine Tips Everybody Needs to Know

If you love wine, there are a few things you should know for the next time you fancy a glass. Like, how there’s a way to make a cheap wine taste delicious in one step (because no, you shouldn’t ever have to spend £40 on a bottle) and any leftover red wine can be used to make adult red wine grilled cheese. Here are our favourite tips that’ll totally up your wine game.

Frozen grapes as ice cubes

Frozen Grapes
Frozen Grapes

Replace ice cubes with frozen grapes for never-watered-down wine. For the perfect ice cube, simply freeze grapes overnight and add to your wine glass.

Red wine stain removal

Red wine stain removal
Red wine stain removal

Remove red wine stains with salt, warm water, and a towel. Blot the wine stain with a dry paper towel. Cover the stain in salt and let it sit for an hour. Dab the stain with hot water. Voilà!

Make delicious grilled cheese with red wine

 Make delicious grilled cheese with red wine
Make delicious grilled cheese with red wine

In a pan over medium heat, add 180ml of red wine, 1 tbsp of flour and 2 tbsp of butter. Stir the mixture until thick. Spread the mixture on tiger bread. Place the bread in a frying pan, add your favourite cheese and cook.

Make cheap wine taste better by adding berries to your glass

Make cheap wine taste better by adding berries to your glass
Make cheap wine taste better by adding berries to your glass

This is one of our favourite wine tips, it looks great too!

If some cork breaks into your bottle, strain it using a coffee filter

If some cork breaks into your bottle, strain it using a coffee filter.
If some cork breaks into your bottle, strain it using a coffee filter.

No corkscrew? Use a key to open a bottle of wine instead.

No corkscrew? Use a key to open a bottle of wine instead.

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5 Comments

  • Margaret Gallagher
    April 23, 2019 at 10:38 am

    Cheerz – great info

  • tracyknixon
    April 24, 2019 at 4:18 am

    Great tips! My fave wine is sparkling rose!

  • Robert Price
    May 5, 2019 at 4:23 am

    Very useful

  • amy simpson
    May 14, 2019 at 6:57 am

    Great tips x

  • Glenn Hutton
    May 27, 2019 at 11:39 am

    Some lovely tips here to try!

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