Wine Away is surgical on red wine — Zout is the generalist you keep around for everything else

I tested both on a red wine spill that soaked into a white cotton napkin overnight — the kind of stain that makes you consider whether the napkin was really worth keeping. Wine Away attacked it with impressive speed, breaking down the mark within minutes and lifting most of it in a single application. It’s clearly formulated specifically for wine and it shows. Zout took longer and needed a second pass, but it also handles grease, grass, and pretty much any other stain you throw at it. So the real answer depends on what you’re stocking your laundry room for. If you spill red wine regularly, Wine Away is a specialist that earns its spot. If you want one bottle that works on everything, Zout is the smarter shelf choice.