What happens to red wine if you leave it uncovered after you've opened it?!
I worked in a fine French restaurant many years ago. When dining, you don't have time to let your wine properly breathe. As servers, we carried silver apparatus' that would artificially produce the same affect. It was almost like a water wheel inside, exposing as much of the wine to the air as possible.
After opening a red, we would give a taste to the person ordering it, filter the wine through the above mechanism into a carafe, and then pour a taste from the carafe to the person ordering the wine. After this process, the test of the wine would improve dramatically!
Ideally, you should let a red wine breathe for 2-3 hours before drinking. I wouldn't let it sit overnight uncovered. The word "vinegar" actually comes from the French "vin aigre" or (literally) "sour wine".
Answers: It is recommended to leave red wine uncorked for several hours after opening, to "let it breathe".
I worked in a fine French restaurant many years ago. When dining, you don't have time to let your wine properly breathe. As servers, we carried silver apparatus' that would artificially produce the same affect. It was almost like a water wheel inside, exposing as much of the wine to the air as possible.
After opening a red, we would give a taste to the person ordering it, filter the wine through the above mechanism into a carafe, and then pour a taste from the carafe to the person ordering the wine. After this process, the test of the wine would improve dramatically!
Ideally, you should let a red wine breathe for 2-3 hours before drinking. I wouldn't let it sit overnight uncovered. The word "vinegar" actually comes from the French "vin aigre" or (literally) "sour wine".
After a while it will oxidize....Do you like to drink vinegar? Well, if not, recork with a good store bought rubber cork and even then consume within a day. I did buy a great product at bed bath and beyond that suctions out the air and leaves a cork in place. It really works. Wine can last a long time like that, though not in my house!! Its gone pretty fast. LOL
germs or virus will set in , inside the uncovered red wine.
Well, first . . . it oxidizes. It will lose much of it's taste, with the subtle nuances being the first to go. At first (overnight, or a day, maybe 2), it's gets kinda boring, and the harsh tastes are all that's left.
THen airborn germs, yeast, etc get busy on it. They consume the sugars and alcohol, and turn it into vinegar. Now all you've got is salad dressing.
Cover it, and refrigerate ASAP. Or better, drink it all up. :o)
For light drinkers, or single folks, boxes or screwtops are better than corks.
don't drink it :]
Well, how long? Overnight? Just cover it and drink. A couple days? Toss the stuff.