Storing Opened Wine

The key to extending the shelf life of an open wine and retain its original qualities is to recork it promptly and tightly.

Storing opened wine.

It s rare that i can t polish off an open bottle of wine. It s important to keep it somewhere convenient and easily accessible ever at the ready to be retrieved and opened. When storing your open bottle make sure to keep it upright to limit surface exposure to oxygen which will spoil the. As you know from our wine 101 article about decanting wine oxygen is a frenemy to wine.

Try a mason jar to store leftover wine. To recork wine place some wax paper around the cork and slide it back into its original position. The thought of abandoning the delicious nectar of gods and letting it go to waste is a tragedy beyond compare. However sometimes i m left with no choice but to store wine for later.

Oxygen initally improves the taste of wine but extended exposure can ultimately ruin a wine while there. 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. So let s learn how best to preserve wine and how long it will last. Store your wine on top of your refrigerator.

5 tips for storing opened wine. Store open bottles of wine properly. Storing open red wine. Whether open or closed wine is meant to be a conversation starter and a way to bring people together.

If you lose the cork wrap the top of the bottle with plastic and secure it with a rubber band. To store an open bottle of red wine seal your bottle and place it in the refrigerator where it will stay good for up to 5 days. Stored properly an opened bottle of wine can last 3 5 days. For the low budget or lazy or harried oenophiles among us recorking the wine.

Steve cukrov feature pics. The rings and lids make an airtight seal. 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. Wine enthusiast polled its editors and other wine pros on the best ways to preserve the last few glasses of your open bottle.