Pairing Wine and Convenience Foods

Originally a dish of thin slices of tender beef, onions, and mushrooms in a sour cream sauce, stroganoff was named after 19th-century Russian diplomat Count Paul Stroganov. The Betty Crocker version—noodles and hamburger bathed in a cream sauce—calls for a simple, fruity red wine like the 2009 Xplorador Carmenere (Chile, $8), with notes of dark berries and a hint of spice.