Your mom.

You can't really go wrong with wine and ribs. Right?

"Red Wine Short Ribs of Beef" (6 quart pot)

Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker Cook Book

~1 c red wine (I used Gnarly Head Old Vine Zinfindel.)
~2/3 c ketchup
~3 T soy sauce
~2 garlic cloves, crushed
~2 T brown sugar
~1/4 t pepper
~4 lbs short ribs (I could find only 2 lbs. I added 2 more pounds of baby back since we were having company.)
~2 yellow onions, chopped

Combine wine, ketchup, soy sauce, cloves, brown sugar, and pepper in crock pot.
Add ribs.
Top with onions.
Cover and cook on low for 8 hours

6 servings.

The short ribs were WAY better than the baby back ribs.  They had good flavor, but could've been better. I don't know if it was the baby back's fault, but the whole pot was incredibly greasy. Luckily, we had a LOT of beer on hand (Thanks, Baker!) to help us forget about that minor detail.