This 3-step process for removing red wine stains is utterly foolproof.

Nothing causes anxiety quite like drinking red wine while wearing white.

You’re sipping carefully, knowing that any drop spilled could result in a forever ruined top – not to mention an unsightly stain if it gets on your carpet.

When you think of impossible-to-get-out stains, red wine comes to mind. It seems no matter how much laundry detergent you use, a faint-yet-stubborn mark never seems to disappear.

However, there is a clever way to get rid of red wine marks.

Shannon Lush, co-author of cleaning bible ‘Spotless’ has the answer and you’ve probably got all the items you need in your kitchen already.

Lush, who has written several cleaning how-to guides with her friend Jennifer Flemming, has a simple three-step process for making wine stains disappear, and luckily for us, she’s shared it with ABC listeners.

Consider this your first-aid response to a spill:

1. Put a paper towel down to absorb it. Don't use soda water, she warns. This will only spread the stain further.

2. Sprinkle the stain with bicarb soda.

3. Sponge it out with white vinegar and voilà! It is gone.

Lush has been ABC's resident cleaning guru for several years, and knows her stuff when it comes to stains, smears and spills on any surface.

What stains do you find impossible to get out?