How long is wine good for after the bottle has been uncorked?

Question

I have multiple types and i don't know how long a bottle can be drinked from after uncorking

Answer 1

White wine goes in the fridge. If you drink it straight, maybe a couple days max. If you use it for cooking, a couple weeks is fine.

Red wine is maybe 4-5 days on average. If you use a vacuum pump, maybe a week and a half. After that you can drink it but the flavor will be subdued and stale.

Answer 2

After uncorking a new bottle the worst enemy is AIR. A red wine may last about 3 to 4 days. White (even in the fridge) can go rancid after about a week. Pour a small amount into a glass and taste it. If it tastes kind of like vinegar or just not pleasant toss.

Answer 3

To answer your question, it comes down to the type of wine, the quality of the wine and your tolerance for what is "drinkable" after opening. For me, non fortified (Ports and other sweeties) wines go in the fridge and I pretty much have to finish the next day or I don't enjoy it at all. There are some exceptions maybe, like super high quality tannic young cabs maybe, that can "hang in there" an extra day or so. Air plugs may help too.

I finished a CDP that I opened on Tuesday, two days later. At that point, I just poured into a paper cup and had it with some pasta, just to finish it off. It was pretty gone by my standards, but drinkable. A cheap wine will be pretty awful after just one day or day of . The wine quality really has a lot to do with it. What are you opening?

I have company often, so 90% of the time, we finish the bottle, unless it's a cheapie and then I don't care and use it for cooking for a few days.

I have stored good Ports in the fridge for up to a week though.

Answer 4

Most of these comments are correct - I would only add that it is important to bring refigerated wine up to proper temp before drinking. Any wine, freshly opened or open for some time, will lose alot of flavor served too cold. A fridge will bring it down to about 45 degrees; without exposure to air, wine eiwll last a very long time at that temp, but ewll taste lousy unless you warm it to 55- 65 degrees. One trick is to keep a couple empty half-size wine bottles around - pour your leftover wine from its larger bottle to a smaller one, recork, and you'll be in good shape.

Answer 5

General rule of thumb: If you open a bottle, finish a bottle.

Oxygen kills wine. All wine, no matter what type. It can do it in a matter of a day, or up to a week. Either way, it starts to lose it's freshness shortly after opening.

If you live by yourself or otherwise don't drink very much, invest in a vacc sealer and fridge your wines once open.

Answer 6

After a couple days, the wine becomes more oxidized and the quality goes down. It isn't spoiled or 'bad' - it just isn't the same wine.

Basically, it's kind of like a two liter soda. The first day or two, it still has a lot of fizz and taste. After that, the fizz starts to leave and it just tastes flat, old, and not as good as it did.

Answer 7

Depends on the situation. If it's white & you keep it in the refrigerator after recorking, it can be good for a week or two.

Reds, not usually more than a couple of days (recorked) unless you have one of those fancy units that put an inert gas on top of the wine.

Opinions differ, though; see the web page below.

Answer 8

I would say a day or two, no more. After that they start losing their flavor. You need to invest in a wine vacuum. It takes the air out and leaves your wine tasting as fresh as when you first opened it. You can get them at a liquor store, Wal-Mart, Target or any other discount place. I hope I've helped.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

I have never had a bottle of wine that wasn't emptied the same day it was opened, so I really don't know.