Just wondering...if I open a bottle of room-temp red wine, can I re-cork it & keep it for a few days or will it go bad?
Should I refrigerate it or can I keep it out? Approximately how long will it last?
Thanks!
2006-08-18 14:13:19 · 9 answers · asked by Colleen S 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
You can keep it no more than two days at room temp, you'll get a couple of more days if you refridgerate it. Just remember to allow it to come up to temp before you drink it. It won't spoil but it may develop a funk taste. Special stoppers and air pumps don't really work because of areo-contaimination after opening the bottle.
2006-08-18 14:36:26 · answer #1 · answered by LAUGHING MAGPIE 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi Colleen,
An opened bottle of red wine will start to oxidize the instant that it is open. It won't 'go bad' if you keep it for a week or two, but you will lose the complexities and the flavours of the wine if you keep it longer than 2 days, generally. After a week, the wine will be a pale echo of what it was meant to be, and generally unpalatable.
I never refrigerate red wine unless it's too hot. You won't gain that much by refrigerating it as it's really the oxidization that changes the wine.
2006-08-19 05:00:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Just wondering...if I open a bottle of room-temp red wine, can I re-cork it & keep it for a few days or will it go bad?
Should I refrigerate it or can I keep it out? Approximately how long will it last?
Thanks!
2015-08-18 11:35:43 · answer #3 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For the red wine 2 days, for the vermouth 2 weeks. If they have been open for two years they won't be fit for drinking now, you should throw them away.
2016-03-16 08:49:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitely re-cork the bottle. You can also buy pumps to suck the air out. The oxygen in the air will eventually give cause reactions in the wine and ruin the taste. I would say to try to drink it in a week or two.
2006-08-18 14:23:34 · answer #5 · answered by jeffma807 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just love answering this question. I don't think I could answer it enough times here....
It'll last about a week.
2006-08-18 16:25:51 · answer #6 · answered by dogglebe 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
room temp red, about 10 days.
2006-08-18 14:19:55 · answer #7 · answered by Flea© 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In my house. 7 minutes.
2006-08-19 12:32:50 · answer #8 · answered by iknowtruthismine 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thought wine got better with age.
2006-08-18 14:20:10 · answer #9 · answered by Elizabeth K 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes,i do .
2006-08-18 14:20:10 · answer #10 · answered by FELINELOVER 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋