how long should I keep an open bottle of white wine?
Monday, March 30th, 2009 at
1:14 am
NvestR3322 asked:
Just wondering for how long a bottle of opened white wine in the fridge is still drinkable.
Just wondering for how long a bottle of opened white wine in the fridge is still drinkable.
Tagged with: Open Bottle • White Wine • Wine Fridge
Filed under: Wine
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As long as you place the cork back in, it should be fairly drinkable for a week or so afterward. Of course, the quality is going south every minute it is open so drink as quickly as you can.
after a day it goes down hill
Is this a riddle. If yes till its empty. I dont know. Or untill it doesnt taste good any more.
If you want to maximize the life of your wine, go to Bed Bath and Beyond, or a store like that and buy a vacuvin set. This will allow you to keep your wine up to about seven days, if you do not your wine will only be good for a day or two.
one day then it starts going down
never had a problem with finishing a bottle of wine with friends
almost never had to return one to the fridge
It goes bad after 4 days even in a fridge. Worry not. If it starts tasting acidic it is moving towards vinegar. Don’t throw it, rather keep outside in a room temperature of around 75 F covered with a thin cloth. Wait for about 3 months and it will be a wonderful vinegar.
It depends on the white wine. Cheaper wines will go bad sooner like overnight. Dry french will last a day or so, california usually a week if it’s a good one. You can slow the aging (spoilage) of wine by putting it into a smaller bottle that fills it up so air can’t get in. Air is what spoils wine.
Sweet wines last longer. I have a third of a bottle of Chateau Rieussec 1971, a French Sauterne in the fridge that I opened last Friday-four days ago and it was great yesterday. I think I’ll try it now……….why yes, it’s still great if not better as I sip it now probably because it opened up more. The apricot/pear/butterscotch flavor has intensified. At some point, if this isn’t drunk up it will start to go downhill in taste. I didn’t put it into a smaller bottle because I knew sweet wines and ports keep longer.
Older wines especially reds go bad sooner. For example I opened up a 1970 French red Bordeaux and it was fabulous at 11pm. at 5pm the next evening, even storing it in a smaller bottle with very little air, it had lost it’s powerful taste and was a weak thin wine soon to be vinegar.
So it really depends on the wine.
Someone wisely suggested a vacu vin, which allows you to pump the air out of a bottle and therefore it lasts longer – that’s a good idea too for most wines.
Generally whites keep much longer than reds.
Another little known method for saving red and white wines is to put it into a tupperware like container and fill it to the top and freeze it.
It lasts about a week or so too, depending on your freezer and the wine. You can then cut out a section and microwave it to warm it to drinking temperature.
Most young whites can last a week or more in the fridge.
Champagnes last longer if put into a smaller bottle as the pressure keeps air out.
When they go bad you can cook with them as well.
Cheers!
All wines start to degrade once exposed to the oxygen in the air however it should keep for a few weeks in the fridge without losing too much of its’ taste.