Storing Opened Wine

The thought of abandoning the delicious nectar of gods and letting it go to waste is a tragedy beyond compare.

Storing opened wine.

It s rare that i can t polish off an open bottle of wine. Oxygen initally improves the taste of wine but extended exposure can ultimately ruin a wine while there. Store your wine on top of your refrigerator. However sometimes i m left with no choice but to store wine for later.

The rings and lids make an airtight seal. As you know from our wine 101 article about decanting wine oxygen is a frenemy to wine. It s important to keep it somewhere convenient and easily accessible ever at the ready to be retrieved and opened. Steve cukrov feature pics.

If you re storing white wine place the corked bottle in a wine cellar or in the refrigerator where it will stay good for 3 5 days. To recork wine place some wax paper around the cork and slide it back into its original position. Store open bottles of wine properly. To store wine after it has been opened cork the bottle tightly.

When storing your open bottle make sure to keep it upright to limit surface exposure to oxygen which will spoil the. So let s learn how best to preserve wine and how long it will last. If you lose the cork wrap the top of the bottle with plastic and secure it with a rubber band. The key to extending the shelf life of an open wine and retain its original qualities is to recork it promptly and tightly.

Try a mason jar to store leftover wine. Transfer the wine to a smaller bottle if there is only a little left to minimize the amount of air that comes into contact with the wine. Wine enthusiast polled its editors and other wine pros on the best ways to preserve the last few glasses of your open bottle. The key to storing open red wine and to keeping open white wine fresh is to try to keep oxygen away from the remaining wine while doing so at a cool temperature to slow the oxidation reactions.

Stored properly an opened bottle of wine can last 3 5 days. Storing open red wine. For the low budget or lazy or harried oenophiles among us recorking the wine. Whether open or closed wine is meant to be a conversation starter and a way to bring people together.