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12/04/2006 07:09:28 PM · #1 |
Ok, this has nothing to do with photography, but I figured some may have some input for me. :)
I opened a bottle of red wine about a week and a half ago. All I did was put the cork back in, and it's been sitting at room temperature on the counter.
Is it still good to drink after a week and a half?
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12/04/2006 07:15:45 PM · #2 |
Originally posted by magenmarie:
Ok, this has nothing to do with photography, but I figured some may have some input for me. :)
I opened a bottle of red wine about a week and a half ago. All I did was put the cork back in, and it's been sitting at room temperature on the counter.
Is it still good to drink after a week and a half?
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I'm not an expert and I'm not really sure but don't some people keep wine for years at pretty close to room temperature?
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12/04/2006 07:16:12 PM · #3 |
| Might be as long as it hasn't be subjected to any sort of temperature fluctuations...worse thing that can happen really is it turns to vinegar |
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12/04/2006 07:16:42 PM · #4 |
Most likely not. Noticeable flavour decreases happen within a couple of days of uncorking. Three to four days at most if you have not refrigerated the bottle.
I noticed one not long ago that I had uncorked about a week earlier. Because I don't really keep track I just popped the cork and poured a glass. Pretty much the most vile thing I have put in my mouth other than guacamole!
Good luck for your bottle though. |
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12/04/2006 07:17:14 PM · #5 |
Wine contiues to oxidize and soften after you open it until you drink it. The longer you leave it though the better the chances of it turning to vinegar. A week or two is not bad in my book. Many wine buffs I know though would be offended.
Drink it fast. ;) |
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12/04/2006 07:18:24 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by SamDoe1:
I'm not an expert and I'm not really sure but don't some people keep wine for years at pretty close to room temperature? |
For unopened bottles this is correct. I have a few that I have had stored for a couple of years without a worry. They should be stored on their sides so that the cork stays wet, but they can stay like this for a long time. Once it is opened though... look out!
Message edited by author 2006-12-04 19:19:48. |
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12/04/2006 07:21:42 PM · #7 |
wow! That was fast. :)
Thanks guys! |
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12/04/2006 07:33:22 PM · #8 |
| Wish the wine didn't go yucky so fast? I know I do. |
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12/04/2006 07:50:31 PM · #9 |
| I must be a lush because the concept of leftover wine is really foreign to me. |
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12/04/2006 07:53:13 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by TechnoShroom:
I must be a lush because the concept of leftover wine is really foreign to me. |
I'm with Techno
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12/04/2006 08:27:45 PM · #11 |
Leftover wine??? Never heard of it!
Seriously...You could've made a heck of a sauce!
Message edited by author 2006-12-04 20:28:40. |
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12/04/2006 08:54:34 PM · #12 |
| i just screw the top back on and throw it back in the fridge. never had a problem. ;) |
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12/04/2006 08:54:48 PM · #13 |
| oh, wait. is "boone's farm" considered wine? |
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12/04/2006 08:56:44 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by muckpond:
oh, wait. is "boone's farm" considered wine? |
Only if you're under 21. |
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12/04/2006 08:57:22 PM · #15 |
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12/04/2006 08:58:05 PM · #16 |
| seriously, though, i would use it to cook. you can make a quickie coq a vin or a great tomato sauce depending on what kind it is. |
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12/04/2006 08:59:15 PM · #17 |
Originally posted by muckpond:
i just screw the top back on and throw it back in the fridge. never had a problem. ;) |
ROFL oooooh that takes me back. :P
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12/04/2006 09:01:10 PM · #18 |
My mom opened a bottle of wine sometime before I left for college, drank a little bit, and stuffed it back in the fridge. Last summer, my boyfriend and I were visiting, and she offered him a glass out of it. I noticed it was the same bottle and promptly threw it out before he could refuse it :D
Wine gets gross fast. I generally finish a bottle within 36 hours of opening it.
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12/04/2006 09:03:09 PM · #19 |
Originally posted by modgethanc:
I generally finish a bottle within 36 hours of opening it. |
Slowpoke |
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12/04/2006 09:14:31 PM · #20 |
Originally posted by Spazmo99:
Originally posted by modgethanc:
I generally finish a bottle within 36 hours of opening it. |
Slowpoke |
That's an average time! Also I am small and Asian and don't always finish a whole bottle in one night. And the boyfriend hates wine so usually I'm drinking his portion as well ._.
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