After opening a bottle of wine should you refrigerate it and do you refrigerate all wines?
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White wine should be refrigerated and should be fine for at least a few days if kept sealed, but if you're talking 7+ days, it may taste funny - just try some yourself, it won't kill you, it'll just get sour and perhaps vinegary. Wine boxes can last significantly longer as long as there's no air in the bag.
Red wine can be left out, particularly stronger reds, but I refrigerate them if I'm storing an open bottle too. As with white wine, it'll last a little while, perhaps longer than the white, particularly if it has a higher alcohol content. Again, if it has been sitting around for too long, sample a little bit and see if it tastes OK. If it does, you'll be fine. If it doesn't, just dump it.
You're going to find a lot of conflicting information if you ask wine people. Some will swear by the vacuum devices available (I think it's a fine idea, but decanting the wine to a smaller bottle probably works as well). Others will say that replacing the air with nitrogen is the best thing to do, and some will say that that can affect the taste.
I have airtight seals, (Cost $3-7 or so at the supermarket), don't bother decanting anything into smaller bottles, and will keep it in the fridge for a week to ten days - if it's getting towards the end of that, I taste it, and toss it if it's no good.
If I had a fine wine I wanted to keep for as long as possible, I'd decant it in to the smallest bottle possible, and frankly try to drink it before it goes bad.
This isn't scientific, but part of the problem is that different wines will be affected differently, with some lasting significantly longer than others after opening.
I've kept some very hearty red wines at room temperature for more than a few days, and they've tasted fine, but I can't guarantee that it will be the case for everything red.
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If you are just putting the cork back in (or screw cap back on), you only have a few days before the wine starts to oxidize and change flavors.
You can get a vacuum sealer type cork that pumps the air out of the top of the bottle, and this can buy you several weeks before the wine starts to change.
One exception I have found is to be sparkling wines, which the carbon dioxide bubbles seem to protect the wine from changing flavors.
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After opening, refrigerate corked. If it's a wine that is supposed to be refrigerated, then just drink it out of the refrigerator. If it's a wine that's not supposed to be refrigerated, then try to remember to take it out of the fridge a few hours before you drink it. If you forget, no biggie.
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M$In terms of the storage, put the cork back in (or use a reusable stopper). Wine will keep for about 3-4 days; you'll be able to taste when it is too old.
Hope that's helpful.
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M$When you're ready to drink the rest of the bottle, bring it out of the fridge and allow it to come to your desired drinking temp.
I've never seen this written up, but I've personally been involved in the consumption of thousands of bottles of wine and have done blind tastings of wine stored as described above vs. just left out in a 750ml bottle with a vacuum seal, and this method was the clear winner.
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What a poor answer, garance. It is recommended that women drink no more than 5-6 oz. of wine per day...and I can't afford to keep my neighbors stocked with wine.
Well, you can also get bigger bottles that hold ten.
Funny thing, the wine I get (from a local brewery) uses screw caps for the 750 ml size, but corks for the 1.5L size. You'd think they'd want to do that the other way around, since screw caps would be more airtight for keeping undrunk portions of larger bottles safe…
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M$A woman on Chowhound says she has great success with freezing certain wines, and she's tested the technique with over 70 different wines. http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/303282#1712273
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M$Many modern wines do not need to be aged over a great period of time; therefore extensive cellars are often unnecessary. Having said this, if you have the time, space and resource to excavate a cellar, your wine will surely benefit. A purpose built cellar is not normally an option for most households and so suitable alternatives must be explored.
Ideal areas for storage include a corner of a garage, garden shed, an unused fireplace or a cupboard that is against an outside wall.
Here are some additional details of how you should store your wine http://www.craft-kits.net/how-to-store-wine.htm
Wherever you choose to store your wine, a few basic criteria are worth keeping in mind.
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