Alcoholic Beverage, Wine, Table, Red, Mouvedre – cups to grams
Mourvèdre is a bold, deeply colored red wine grape variety, producing wines with firm tannins, dark fruit notes, and earthy or meaty undertones. As a table wine measured for cooking, its density of 0.994 g/ml makes it nearly identical to water—slightly lighter because ethanol (density 0.789 g/ml) dilutes the overall mass of the wine solution. A cup of this red wine weighs approximately 235 g; a tablespoon weighs about 15 g. In the kitchen, Mourvèdre is used for braising robust meats (lamb, beef, venison), building red wine pan sauces and reductions, and marinating proteins. Its high tannin content contributes structure and body to slow-cooked sauces as the wine reduces and concentrates.
Quick convert
- US cup = 236.588 mL
- 1 tbsp = 14.787 mL
- 1 tsp = 4.929 mL
Reference table
| Cups | g |
|---|---|
| 59 | |
| 118 | |
| 176 | |
| 235 | |
| 353 | |
| 470 |
Braise lamb shanks, short ribs, or oxtail in Mourvèdre for a rich, tannic sauce. Use in reductions for steak pan sauces or red wine vinaigrette. Can be replaced by any dry, full-bodied red wine without adjusting the gram weight.
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FAQ
- Does the type of red wine affect the gram weight per cup?
- Very slightly. Most dry red table wines have densities between 0.985–1.005 g/ml, depending on alcohol percentage (higher alcohol → lower density) and residual sugar (higher sugar → higher density). For Mourvèdre at 0.994 g/ml, the difference compared to another dry red wine at 0.990 g/ml is less than 1 g per tablespoon—negligible for any cooking use.
- How many grams is 100 ml of red wine?
- For Mourvèdre (0.994 g/ml), 100 ml ≈ 99.4 g—essentially 1:1 with water by mass. Most dry red wines behave similarly, so you can treat wine and water as interchangeable for the purposes of weight conversion in cooking.
- Can I use a different red wine variety as a substitute in a recipe?
- Yes, by volume and by weight. Any dry red wine has nearly the same density as Mourvèdre, so no conversion adjustment is needed. Flavor will differ—Mourvèdre is particularly bold and tannic—but substituting Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, or Merlot does not require you to change gram quantities.