How long does a bottle of opened wine last?

[HEyHEY]

Weeks? Months?

[Wapsie B]

1. With me,

maybe until dessert. ;-)

[flamingyouth]

14. Hee hee - I was going to say that

:hi:

[Wapsie B]

22. Lush!

;-)

Wine gives me this silly feeling inside.
That is if I have too much. lol

:hi:

[benburch]

2. They only last hours here...

Oh, you mean if you DON'T drink it!

Re-cork it promptly and store it on its side so the cork stays wet and keep it in the coldest part of the fridge, and most wines should be good for a couple of weeks.

There are nitrogen injection re-corking kits you can buy that can extend that time to years.

[HEyHEY]

5. Well, there's a bottle not fridge stored store upright

For about a month - throw it out?

[DBoon]

8. Have a taste

see how vile it is. If it is really bad, throw it out.

If has just suffered a bit from aging, make sangria or wine cooler out of it.

Fruit juice and triple sec will fix almost any bad wine

[HEyHEY]

10. Thanks!

[Merlot]

26. You can also use it for cooking if it's not bad

[Silverhair]

3. Depends on who is helping you drink it.

Sometimes it may not even make it an hour.

[Left Is Write]

4. A couple of hours.

[Jack Rabbit]

6. Oops, you said opened

So much for that response.

Cork it and finish it off in the next day or so.

[HEyHEY]

7. so six weeks or whatever is no big deal?

[Jack Rabbit]

12. What kind of wine is it?

If worse comes to worse, cook with it.

[HEyHEY]

13. red

[Jack Rabbit]

15. Red will keep longer

Can you be more elaborate. Is it fancy wine?

(NOTE: you're talking ot somebody who lived in the Napa Valley for over twenty years.)

[HEyHEY]

16. $20 bottle of JAckson Triggs

[Jack Rabbit]

17. I wouldn't let it sit much more than a week in the fridge.

It sounds too good to waste. About how many glasses are left?

[HEyHEY]

19. 1, 2 maybe

It's been open for like six weeks now though - it's my roomies.

[Jack Rabbit]

20. Well . . .

If you're making spaghetti sauce, it might do nicely.

[HEyHEY]

21. Nope -I'm trying to make myself shitfaced!

;-)
Not really, just such a nice night I thought a glass woulda been nice... oh well

[Jack Rabbit]

24. If you're already well on your way, go for it

Otherwise, it's probably been reduced to Gallo quality.

[The_Casual_Observer]

9. A few hours only.

[progmom]

11. Mmmmmm

Reminds me I have just about a glass left in the bottle downstairs. Be right back...

[DawgHouse]

18. You can freeze it

or so I've heard on the Food Network. You can pour it into ice cube trays and use the cubes for flavoring soups and sauces.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

23. Throw the botle out after a week

or use it to cook with.

[MediumBrownDog]

25. In my house? 30 minutes tops..... HA HA

All kidding aside, wine starts to break down when oxygen hits it. Oxidized wine smells vaguely like fingernail polish remover. If it is an 'old' (aged) bottle of red, it could vary from 5 minutes to several hours. I've had one perfect when opened, and then witnessed the slow death of it over several minutes. For a current vintage of table wine (wine store, grocery store, whatever), it could last one day to one week -- but don't count on anything past the day you open it. If it smells 'off' it IS off.

[papau]

27. As alcohol evaporates add Vodka-as it sours add Fruit juice/triple sec-use

on salad after it turns to vinegar.

But better is just drink it up in 2 to 3 days, keeping it corked and in the fridge.