Anyone know how long wine is good for after it's already been opened?!
Anyone know how long wine is good for after it's already been opened?
i had opened a bottle of wine up about a month ago, and only had about 2 glasses out of it. I'm just wondering how long it's good for?
Answers:
Here ya go, Darlin!
How Long to Keep Open Wine
How long can you keep wine once the bottle has been opened? How soon does wine in an open bottle go bad? Do I need to finish a bottle of wine in one sitting when it has been opened? This question gets asked in a great many ways but it always does get asked. This is because one of the harder things to figure out about wine is when to pour out wine that is left in the bottle.
There are lots of variables regarding the wine type, method of production, age of bottle and on and on. There are all those considerations and exceptions but for 95% of the wine that most people drink, the answer is pretty simple.
Three (3) days. Around here, we keep wines up to 3 days after the bottle has been opened. Once a bottle of wine is opened, the oxygen in the air starts a process that initially softens the flavors and opens up the aromas of the wine. As this process (oxidation) continues over many hours and days, the wine is ultimately made undrinkable. The trick is to use the wine before it becomes unpalatable or to pour it out before bad wine is served to guests.
You can (and usually should) refrigerate recorked bottes. You can buy stoppers and gadgets to create a slight vaccuum in the bottle. You can get systems that put a layer of inert gas in the bottle. All these items and efforts are aimed at slowing the oxidation that will eventually destroy the wine.
What makes the whole thing tricky is that the wine will not go immediately from good to bad. The wine will, at a point, begin to progressively develop tastes that are unpleasant. Just like milk that is going bad, each person has a different point at which they identify the beverage as having gone bad.
If you want to play it safe (and who doesn't with either milk or wine), then just use the 3 day rule. Recork and refrigerate the bottle for up to three days. With red wines, pull the bottle from the refrigerator at least 1/2 hour before you want to use it so it will warm to a desirable serving temperature in the mid 60's F. With white wines or roses, just pull and pour when you need them.
Keeping opened wines beyond 3 days is like playing golf in a lightning storm. You may get through but you are tempting the fates. If you keep a table wine for more than 3 days, you will be serving a wine that has lost most of the characteristics that are prized. The aroma will start to change and much of the fresh fruit smells and tastes will subside. At worst, you'll be serving a wine that has oxidized too much and is partly or entirely bad.
Dessert wines like Sauternes, most everyday Ports and most Sherries can last much longer but those are special cases. Just play it safe with the 3 day rule. It is a good practice to write the date the bottle was opened on the label if there is a chance of confusion.
If it still tastes good then drink it...
it will last for a very long time . keep it refridgerated . about 6mos or longer.
about 3 weeks
heh heh! it won't kill you (unless u stored it next to formaldehyde) & prob won't taste so good either (but evidently u don't drink alot of the stuff so no matter) rather just use it to cook with & next time invite a friend! :-)
Throw it out, it's no good anymore! Whites can keep up to a month in the refrigerator and reds keep a day or two on the counter.
if you like it drink it is true but for the best taste the post above about 2 days on the counter for reds and a month or so in the fridge for others. Boxed wine which is still viewed as trashy in the states is becoming acceptable elsewhere because the pouch inside seals the wine from air which gives an exceptionally long life in the fridge.
You're in a position to partially answer your own question, at least you can do a comparison for month old wine.
But the reality is that it will depend a good deal on what kind of wine you're talking about, dry, sweet, white, red, rose, champagne, fruit wines, they all have different characteristics, some of which will cause rapid degradation. Sparkling wines will, as you probably know, go flat very quickly. Reds will hold up fairly well, fruit wines seem to go on indefinitely.
There's no ONE answer that fits all.