When a bottle of red wine is opened is it necessary that it should be consumed fully. Can we keep a portion of it for the next day for consumption. Does wine like beer become stale?
2007-09-12 21:11:24 · 15 answers · asked by VARADA 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
Red wines deterioriate faster than whites. If you recork and put it in the refrigerator, you will still have a drinkable red the next day, but probably not the day after. Be sure to let it come to room temperature before you drink it. You can hold a white in the fridge, recorked, for up to a week.
2007-09-12 23:40:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oxygen is the worst enemy of wine.
Once you uncork the wine, you allow the bouquet of wine to develop as it comes in contact with the oxygen present in the air. The process of oxidation starts then. It is due to oxidation that the wine goes bad.
It is a norm to consume the bottle that has been opened. If you wish to save the wine for a latter day, you must clean the cork and recork the white wine. There are implements available to help you recork. Some of the Indian wines come with screw caps, these stay longer. Red Wines should be poured into a decanter.
If you wish to store an opened wine bottle, ensure that you donot allow oxidation for a period longer that necessary.
Whatever you do, donot commit the sacrilege of refrigerating a redwine
2007-09-15 00:47:59 · answer #2 · answered by sam_ban68 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course you can. The key is to keep it at a cooler temperature like cellar (55 - 65 degrees) and not the "room" (kitchen temp). Actually, some red wines get better as they oxidize so you may find the taste better a day later especially from a younger bottle of wine. After a few days, you may be able to detect a less than desirable difference and decide it is time to finish or toss it.
There are devices that can help like the vacuum stopper, inert gas, smaller bottles and even sterilized glass marbles to displace the “air” (that comes in contact with the wine) which increases the rate of oxidation. Personally, I will only keep it a few days and move on to a new bottle.
(So much wine, so little time!)
-Enjoy!
2007-09-13 06:11:45 · answer #3 · answered by Jon Kurt 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First off, I just LOVE the screw the top back on answer ! Next, you didn't mention what kind it is. If it's a red wine, re-cork it with the other side of the original cork and store it in a cabinet if no wine cellar is available -- do not refrigerate it. If it's a zin or white, re-cork and refrigerate. It needs not be laid sideways as you have already oxidized and uncorked it, (reasons to lay bottles sideways and rotate 1/4 turn every month are to keep the wine from becoming "corked"). Reds will not keep as long and I highly recommend drinking it within 2 days or using it to cook with within 5 days. A decent chardonnay will keep for a couple of days, but remember every minute that goes by lessens the quality. Finally, if you did indeed "unscrew" it to begin with, it matters not what you do -- it will suck as bad tomorrow as it did today.
2016-05-18 03:53:16 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A sparkling wine would go flat or stale like beer does. Regular reds and whites can be kept for a few days with their corks or screw caps put back in/on. Some wine connosieurs will say it can't be kept, but most of us don't have such developed palates to be able to discern a difference. Old wine will turn into vinegar which can be used for cooking.
2007-09-12 21:26:00 · answer #5 · answered by Dottie R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
red wine keeps better than white. particularly with the new Screw top bottles rather than the corks. Red wine should definetly be ok for a few days, white wine maybe for a day or two if the lid is on.
Of course the hard part is not drinking it all!
2007-09-12 21:22:14 · answer #6 · answered by Jane w 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes - but - cork it and keep it in a cool dark place. Some wines actually improve after a day or two. Whatever you do though don't let any soliva get in the bottle (so no drinking out of it!) as your enzymes will send the bottle off overnight.
Obviously I am making the assumption here you are tlking about a fairly decent bottle of wine - nasty stuff tastes nasty on day one, and on day two, and on day three....
2007-09-13 01:52:11 · answer #7 · answered by Paul M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a bottle of red wine can be kept out without spoilage unlike the white wine which requires chilling and can be used in subsequent days
2007-09-12 21:25:59 · answer #8 · answered by supratik m 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
absoutely no problem with wine you stick the cork back on and consume when you need it does not go stale
2007-09-13 04:01:39 · answer #9 · answered by Perfectionist 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. I have a bottle of Cabernet Savignon recorked on my counter. Its as fine as wine can be.
2007-09-13 00:23:21 · answer #10 · answered by Oz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋