There’s an episode in Season 3 of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills in which friend-of-the-‘wives Marisa Zanuck attempts to remove a small red wine stain from her white Alaia dress using white wine. She explains that her mother-in-law had been at a party at Barbra Streisand’s house, spilled some red wine and Babs used white wine to take out the stain. Kyle Richards snottily observes, “I’m certainly not going to take laundry advice from Barbra Streisand.”

Here’s the thing: Barbra Streisand is entirely right here and also? Barbra Streisand totallydoes seem like the type to know an odd little tidbit, like that white wine can be used to remove a red wine stain. Most importantly, Kyle Richards needs to take several seats.

I share that anecdote because I’m dedicated to Housewives frippery and also because it makes for a great lead-in to today’s discussion about how to remove red wine stains from clothes, furniture, carpeting and so on. If you prefer to hear, rather than read, check out the red wine episode of Ask A Clean Person.