Well, well, the the season is now almost finished and we have one more entry into /WORLD TOUR WINE/ before the last WT race in Guangxi starts!

Despite frequent reassurances from the resident schizos that bad Italian wine actually exists and is headache inducing, I was not able to find any, so we are having some cooking wine to try my best.

5 Litres Italian Red Cooking Wine ($5)
Ingredients: De-alcoholised wine from concentrate, Red Wine (40%), Salt, Preservative (Potassium MetabiSULPHITE)

While I've had Cooking White Wines a few times, because I ran out of wine bottles, I have never had the red wine variant. Indeed, there is a charming Italian flag on the card board which sports a nice dark red color.

This pours a strong dark red color. The nose is really strong -- reminding me of vinegar. The palate is actually nice, with nicely balanced tomato character and a pleasing bitterness. I was stunned to see that this is only 4.8%, as you would expect a much higher alcohol Vol., which is totally prominent on the palate.

Not bad at all. If I wanted to get shitfaced on wine that wasn't too expensive, this would be a good choice.