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Universal Wine Vinegar

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A mason jar of homemade wine vinegar covered by cheesecloth surrounded by a bottle of finished vinegar and three bottles...
Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Susan Kim

This homemade vinegar recipe works with any type of wine—red, white, rosé, or a mix if you find yourself with many open bottles after a party. It’s also a great way to use wines you don’t like or ones that are corked. (This is a fault detected in bottled wine tainted by TCA, a compound that makes it taste more like wet dog than wine. The good news is these wines still make good vinegar.) Use this to make one batch, or keep the vinegar going by using some and adding more wine to the jar.

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