Results of the Kitchen Experiment

Well, the wine emitted a lovely smell throughout my townhouse while it cooked, but in the end the taste of the beef just wasn't as nice as the smell was. But sometimes it isn't about what you soak it in. Sometimes a bad cut of meat is just a bad cut of meat. If I get another rump roast, I will do as Paul suggested, and cook it in the slow cooker next time with different spices and stuff. I'm not disappointed, though, as it was a great learning experience and the leftover roast will make a nice stroganoff.