Keep it in the fridge? Keep it corked at room temperature?
2006-10-08 17:25:00 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
I've done many tests of this. The first part of the answer is that you need to keep air away from the wine, because air destroys wine. So most definitely you have to at least cork it. If you can put it into a smaller container, that really helps a lot. If you have one of those gas injectors, to put a layer of gas on the wine (so the wine doesn't touch the air) that is good too. The vacu-pumps didn't do well in our tests because they don't suck all the air out - so they don't help as well as the other methods.
Now in addition, you really want to keep this as COLD as possible. Remember, when you store wine, you store it at 55F. You never store it at "room temperature". Even when you serve red wines at "room temperature" that is 65F - i.e. room temperature in medieval France. So it's never "modern days room temperature". So if you don't want to drink wine that warm, you certainly don't want to store it that warm to keep it fresh! The wine is degrading. You want to keep it stable as much as possible for a few days until you can finish it. You want it in the FRIDGE To keep it cold, stable and unchanging. It's like when wine bottles go to the bottom of the ocean in a shipwreck. It helps to preserve the wine. That's what you're doing here - preserving it until you can finish it off.
Lisa Shea
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2006-10-08 18:05:52 · answer #1 · answered by WineIntro.com - Lisa Shea 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They make special corks they sale at package store that pump the excess air out. I keep dark wines at room temp and all others in back of fridge very cold. Then serve however you prefer.
2006-10-08 17:35:52 · answer #2 · answered by gvemethreesteps 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the best way is to put the cork back in. most wines will only keep a day or two but no matter what you do once air is in it will not keep long
2006-10-08 17:40:55 · answer #3 · answered by Kevin M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
extra useful to ask over a chum and varnish it off then shop a bottle of wine rather a variety days. I shop unfinished bottles in the refrigerator, by no potential at room temperature. you may enable pink wine "heat up" to the room once you carry it out of the refrigerator. additionally, wine that has been skipped over for a at the same time as should not be used for cooking. If this is not sturdy to drink, why might you opt to prepare dinner with it? Open a sparkling bottle, pour somewhat in the pot, then somewhat into you glass. And "corked," as a prior answerer commented, certainly potential "long previous undesirable."
2016-12-08 11:15:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
cork it of course! then make sure the wine touches the cork(so put it in a slanting position) so that the cork won't get brittle and chip off easily.. store it in a cool, dark place! no need for a fridge!
Go, and enjoy drinking!c",)
2006-10-08 17:36:37 · answer #5 · answered by nnnnnnnnnooooooooooo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Red wines - corked at room temp. White wines - corked in the fridge.
2006-10-08 17:31:23 · answer #6 · answered by Just Ducky 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Keep it corked at room temperature in a dark place.
2006-10-08 17:27:45 · answer #7 · answered by frankmilano610 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can vacuum seal it overnight. Or refridgerate and bring (reds) up to room temp before serving. Whites - cork it and put it in the fridge.
2006-10-08 17:35:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The gizmo that injects CO2 into the bottle is the best rig.
2006-10-08 17:32:34 · answer #9 · answered by michinoku2001 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
for red wine you can refrigerate it and take it out a few hours before serving.
2006-10-08 17:28:03 · answer #10 · answered by jqdsilva 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋