Cocktails with White wine
White wine is a still wine made from grape juice with the skins removed early, ranging from dry to sweet and light to full.
ABV12–14%
Substitutes for White wine
Substitute by the role rather than by the grape: a light dry white stands in for another, and a rounder one wants a chardonnay in its place. Sparkling wine gives much the same flavor with bubbles attached.
Often confused with
Dry vermouth is this wine aromatized with wormwood and fortified, around 17% ABV against 12%; pour less, and the drink picks up a herbal bitterness the wine had none of.
A dry sparkling wine covers the same white-wine register and adds bubbles, doing the same job where the wine gave volume and acidity. The fizz asks you to build in the glass rather than shake.
Storage
Oxidizes once opened — refrigerate and use within 2–3 days.
