Early in September we purchased a Proprietor's Reserve Pinot Grigio for about $9. Well... the first sip resulted in our faces trying to avoid the taste by making weird grimaces. It is a dry wine and by all means not the worst wine we have encountered. This wine is not worth $7 of the $9 we paid so it is now on our black list. I must admit - I did use some of it for Squash soup though. And that turned out to be a great idea.
Use this Pinot Grigio wisely - make squash soup!
Get a glass of the above wine, should you mistakedly buy it, and boil with a pealed, cut and sliced butternut squash in more or less half a litre of vegetable broth (this depends on the size of your squash - mine was rather small). Add a slice of black forest ham and let simmer for at least 30 minutes until you can mash the squash with a fork. Mix it with a hand mixer and add a hand full of fresh cilantro, 150ml of Cream, 1 teaspoon butter, and some salt and pepper. Yummy.
