Is this crazy or what?

[Yinzer]

So, I understand that white wine always goes with fish, and red goes with beef, but what goes with hotdogs?
Seriously, a new hotdog RESTAURANT (the kind that serves 20 different varieties of hotdogs for dinner and deep fried twinkies for dessert!) opened nearby that serves wine (!) and I would like to know what would be proper wine etiquette.

[Scarlett]

Crikey! If you are eating hotdogs and deep-fried twinkies, I really wouldn't wouldn't worry about etiquette! They clearly don't. See what is on the menu when they get there. Sounds like you can have any wine you like, but I'll go for the fizzy 5% type- just like lemonade!

[Clanad]

In the States it would have to be Thunderbird... $1.95 per quart... useless for cooking though...

[frizzytwig]

What are twinkies

[D.G.W.T.H.]

You must be a complete f*ckwit!!!!  What kind of numb-nuts wants to wash down a hotdog with wine!??!!!  Get a life pullthrough!!

[Pinotage]

There are no real rukes for what wine to choose -just some suggestions. The only real rul is to choose something you like. Since a hotdog is prmarily meat with strong additional flavours of onions, mustard ketchup etc, I'd recommend a lively red wine, such as a (red) Zinfandel.

 

For twinkies - a sweet dessert wine. A good Sauternes (Chateau Y'quem would be ideal), or Barsac, or Brown Bros Orange Muscat & Flora.

 

  Enjoy

[Bangkok]

Personally I'd go for a Shiraz (Syrah), but then again, I usually do.

Pinotage, the thought of Chateau Y'quem with deep fried twinkies!  Deeply disturbing, I'm off for a lie down

[Goofy]

cheap

[Haggisdj]

I agree with clanad, either Thunderbird (Blue or Red), Sanatogen, or Buckfast.  Any of these should take the taste of the hot dogs away...

[portocat]

I would recommend a cola float instead

[knowall]

...can I be honest here? As hot dogs are mainly cereal, pigs penis', pigs snout, pigs toe nails, 'slurry', and colouring...I think the choice of wine is the least of your worries....but in my better moments I think well...actually....if you are going to eat one part of an animal's body whats wrong with any of it!? After all...whose to say that rump is better than penis, or even beef is better than an Alsatian? Or chicken is better than that stray cat that abruptly disappeared when Hai Hong Shing opened in the High Street? sorry...just have a lager with it.