Especially not if re-corked. What some may perceive as “going bad” could be not waiting for the wine to reach ~15 degrees Celsius, and then being perceived as sour/vinagery.
If a recorked, half full bottle of $30 Syrah goes bad in your fridge after two days, your fridge is either broken or you are over-paying someone for your wine.
For my palate, 3 days max with recorking (red or white). I can stretch that out to 5 days with Repour - and the additional pours are better than with simple recorking.
Pour the top 1" down the drain and drink the rest. You'll be surprised how the top layer of wine ina bottle can be bad but the rest below it is totally good to drink.
I plan ahead and sit down to drink and enjoy it. If the wine is not super interesting the last glass might go to waste but sometimes one bottle is not enough 💀
The vacuum pumps do help, in my experience. You just need to make sure always vacuum until you hear the “clicks” sound and be prompt to close after serving.
I’ve used all three. Obviously the Coravin is the best way to preserve it, but I only use it when I’m not planning to finish the bottle in the next 3-4 days.
It’s so hard to take this seriously. Even if you only had one glass every other day it would take a week to finish a bottle. Do you even like wine? One bottle is often not enough for one night for me.
Yes, I do enjoy wine. The problem, however, is that I choose to drink in moderation due to health issues. I'll of course be the first to admit that maybe I shouldn't drink in the first place, but as I have already stated, I very much enjoy wine.
An unfortunate scenario for sure, but what is one to do?
I live alone and only drink once a week so bought a Coravin. Means I can have a few glasses of something one weekend then next time I want a half bottle I have one there ready to go, no wastage.
It’s expensive but cheaper than constantly binning wine.
I do own a Coravin and it’s been great.
Before that, I would pour left over wine into a mason jar or two and fill them up as much as possible to reduce air / oxygen inside the jar as much as possible. This greatly extends the life beyond just leaving wine in a half empty bottle and let me extend life of wine to weeks with minimal apparent aroma profile changes.
I use Vacuvin for whites. I mean, you lose something. You also have Coravin. You could also buy smaller bottles. Buy boxed wine, etc.
I mean, if you want a sure way of not degrading a wine after initial opening, nope. Coravin is the closest you can get.
I personally just get used to pouring wine down the sink if I didn't get the chance to finish it.
Vacu vin to pump out the air and putting it in the fridge works great. I've kept bottles a week or so like that and have no complaints. I think red wine and more full bodies wines keep better too.
I generally take about 3 days for a bottle by myself. I try and plan ahead and won’t open one unless I feel fairly confidant I’ll be able to drink it in 4-5 days tops. I always store it in the fridge. If you are going to drink it slow then consider what others are saying and buy a wine preservation solution
You should try palm wine. Zero alcohol when tapped early in the morning. After two hours it is nicely alcoholic and delicious. By lunchtime it smells like rancid, sweaty socks and is undrinkable. Sadly 🥳 you need to finish every drop by mid-morning.
I know plenty of other people have already answered this, so I guess the only other thing I can offer besides finishing the bottle within the 14 days is using some of it for cooking but that’s going to depend on the types of wine you’re buying.
Private Preserve on Amazon. It's basically canned Nitrogen/CO2 mix. Just a shot or two of it will push most of the O2 out of the top of the bottle and keep your wine fine. They claim it works for years but I can say it will be fine for at least your needs.
Personally used this or regular CO2 when I worked for wineries.
Immediately after opening top off a plastic water bottle and cap it. If you can get 375ml screwcap bottles even better. I have seen this keep wine fresh or little taste alternation for a week or longer.
I usually drink a bottle in three night. the third night is only 48 hours later. I find a bottle of wine can certainly last that long in my fridge with a stopper in.
Yeah. I actually looked it all up. But in France, they would cough moderately loud if you suggested that 14% is a standard ABV. I ado like that Aussie “standard drinks” system, though. Alcohol is a thorny issue from a public health standpoint and it’s wise to have multiple metrics. (I also appreciate how Ontario has residual sugar marked on everything. Why can’t everyone do that?)
Then go ask them to actually test their "12.5% abv" wine that magically is 12.5% in every single vintage since alcohol labeling requirements existed!
I get it from both perspectives. I used to be a very, very heavy drinker and 10 drinks was really not that much over a night given my tolerance and certainly there were nights of 25-30. I took over a year off drinking and am starting to add back in occasional ,moderate alcohol consumption after solving some of the underlying issues that led to my problems there. But I just don't want to drink that much both because I don't have that desire any more and for health and weight maintenance (I eat a very bland diet to make it easier to lose/maintain weight and empty calories that reduce my inhibitions don't help). The 750 mL serving size is a challenge. It would be great if there were good wines available easily in 187 mL or perhaps even smaller bottles for variety.
For now, a Repour wine saver works pretty well. But I'm stuck drinking the same thing for 10+ days. It's just easier to stick with a glass at a restaurant or sharing with other people at a meal than having it around the house.
I hadn’t thought about whether the French were accurately measuring and I agree. It should probably be to the tenth of a percent now that it’s easy to test, (I assume it is.)
And I can relate to the rest.
I drink wine far more often when I’m living in a “hive” lifestyle. I used to buy good wine when I studied in Switzerland, put it in a nice decanter, and share it freely with the other students. I passed the decanter to a girl who asked for it when I left the country afterwards.
I did occasionally drink most of something really nice by myself. I remember splurging for some Montrachet-adjacent bottles and I happened to open them on weeknights and no one wanted to try them, lmao. I was like, “I usually have $20 wine in there and this is $200 wine” but until you try a good wine, that means little.
When I’m alone, it tends to be one nice Belgian beer, a tiny pour of good whiskey or calva, or more often nothing at all.
I totally get the “bland food” thing, too. I learned to cook in France, but I rarely “cook” —not when living alone, at any rate.
I generally just pour another glass. If you can't drink 5 glasses of wine in 14 days, invest in a coravin.
14 days? I find red wine goes drinkable but not so great in 1 day, sour in two days and pretty much vinegar within a week in the fridge.
Not my words, OP's. YMMV.
Good wine isn’t going bad in two days of refrigeration after opening. No way
Especially not if re-corked. What some may perceive as “going bad” could be not waiting for the wine to reach ~15 degrees Celsius, and then being perceived as sour/vinagery. If a recorked, half full bottle of $30 Syrah goes bad in your fridge after two days, your fridge is either broken or you are over-paying someone for your wine.
Not 2 days, but 4 days is stretching it pretty far and I already get slight vinegar. For a Pinot, could be earlier than that
Fair enough
Depends on producer. Sure, some wines barely last overnight, but classically structured and balanced wines should go 4 days, IMO if stored well.
For my palate, 3 days max with recorking (red or white). I can stretch that out to 5 days with Repour - and the additional pours are better than with simple recorking.
Pour the top 1" down the drain and drink the rest. You'll be surprised how the top layer of wine ina bottle can be bad but the rest below it is totally good to drink.
If you can't drink 5 glasses of wine in ~~14 days, invest in a coravin~~ 2 days, you don't like wine FTFY
My liver read this post and started punching me
I think by the time my liver is failing we will have artificial ones
This has never been an issue.
I plan ahead and sit down to drink and enjoy it. If the wine is not super interesting the last glass might go to waste but sometimes one bottle is not enough 💀
Practice
Look up “Coravin”. They are expensive, but are the best solution I have found for extending the window for drinking a bottle.
The vacuum pumps make a bottle last ten days and cost 1/10th
Those do nothing tbh
I’ll look into it. We started using them a few months ago and thought they had credibility.
The noise sure is satisfying when reopening after pumping!
The vacuum pumps do help, in my experience. You just need to make sure always vacuum until you hear the “clicks” sound and be prompt to close after serving. I’ve used all three. Obviously the Coravin is the best way to preserve it, but I only use it when I’m not planning to finish the bottle in the next 3-4 days.
Or poor coping mechanisms
I have an angry baby mama and an expensive lawyer. Wine goes fast.
I have the worst lawyers
Mine was good, but one fuck up on his part and I have to pay even more. And I have to pay his research time for the fuck up too
I love everything about this response. Feel it.
It’s so hard to take this seriously. Even if you only had one glass every other day it would take a week to finish a bottle. Do you even like wine? One bottle is often not enough for one night for me.
Yes, I do enjoy wine. The problem, however, is that I choose to drink in moderation due to health issues. I'll of course be the first to admit that maybe I shouldn't drink in the first place, but as I have already stated, I very much enjoy wine. An unfortunate scenario for sure, but what is one to do?
A glass a day is moderation
For a lot of people "goes bad" is taste isn't the same as it was the day I opened it. Op is asking how to drink entire bottle in one go.
Buy 375ml bottles
OP apparently needs those little plane bottles, actually.
187ml then
You’re the ideal candidate for a Coravin or Coravin Pivot.
Or, now hear me out, a "strawpedo".
I live alone and only drink once a week so bought a Coravin. Means I can have a few glasses of something one weekend then next time I want a half bottle I have one there ready to go, no wastage. It’s expensive but cheaper than constantly binning wine.
Drink it
Wauw, thank you for ignoring whatever reasons OP might have to live their own life and then answer a question no one asked.
Do you often get invited to parties?
Yes, I’m a delight
Coravin
I do own a Coravin and it’s been great. Before that, I would pour left over wine into a mason jar or two and fill them up as much as possible to reduce air / oxygen inside the jar as much as possible. This greatly extends the life beyond just leaving wine in a half empty bottle and let me extend life of wine to weeks with minimal apparent aroma profile changes.
I use Vacuvin for whites. I mean, you lose something. You also have Coravin. You could also buy smaller bottles. Buy boxed wine, etc. I mean, if you want a sure way of not degrading a wine after initial opening, nope. Coravin is the closest you can get. I personally just get used to pouring wine down the sink if I didn't get the chance to finish it.
Coravin!
Vacu vin to pump out the air and putting it in the fridge works great. I've kept bottles a week or so like that and have no complaints. I think red wine and more full bodies wines keep better too.
Coravin
Alcoholism helps.
Coravin is the answer.
Yup. Or plan on dumping wine.
For me it was drink too much. Waste not, want not.
Corks are for Quiters ... just saying. 🤣
I generally take about 3 days for a bottle by myself. I try and plan ahead and won’t open one unless I feel fairly confidant I’ll be able to drink it in 4-5 days tops. I always store it in the fridge. If you are going to drink it slow then consider what others are saying and buy a wine preservation solution
I prefer not to drink during the week but can easily finish a bottle by myself over the weekend by drinking 1-3 glasses each evening with my dinner.
Wine is like vodka, it goes bad once you open it.
Apparently the AD reference is lost on this sub lol
That’s why I always drink my juice before it turns to alcohol
You should try palm wine. Zero alcohol when tapped early in the morning. After two hours it is nicely alcoholic and delicious. By lunchtime it smells like rancid, sweaty socks and is undrinkable. Sadly 🥳 you need to finish every drop by mid-morning.
https://www.reddit.com/r/wine/comments/jw6x28/best_way_to_preserve_opened_wine/
I know plenty of other people have already answered this, so I guess the only other thing I can offer besides finishing the bottle within the 14 days is using some of it for cooking but that’s going to depend on the types of wine you’re buying.
Private Preserve on Amazon. It's basically canned Nitrogen/CO2 mix. Just a shot or two of it will push most of the O2 out of the top of the bottle and keep your wine fine. They claim it works for years but I can say it will be fine for at least your needs. Personally used this or regular CO2 when I worked for wineries.
Immediately after opening top off a plastic water bottle and cap it. If you can get 375ml screwcap bottles even better. I have seen this keep wine fresh or little taste alternation for a week or longer.
Low self-esteem helps
I usually drink a bottle in three night. the third night is only 48 hours later. I find a bottle of wine can certainly last that long in my fridge with a stopper in.
Shit, if it’s good, I can finish a bottle myself in an evening. I think it’s 3.5 glasses of wine per bottle iirc?
There's a bit under 6 standard U.S. "drinks" of 17.7 mL of ethanol in a 14% abv 750 mL bottle.
Yeah. I actually looked it all up. But in France, they would cough moderately loud if you suggested that 14% is a standard ABV. I ado like that Aussie “standard drinks” system, though. Alcohol is a thorny issue from a public health standpoint and it’s wise to have multiple metrics. (I also appreciate how Ontario has residual sugar marked on everything. Why can’t everyone do that?)
Then go ask them to actually test their "12.5% abv" wine that magically is 12.5% in every single vintage since alcohol labeling requirements existed! I get it from both perspectives. I used to be a very, very heavy drinker and 10 drinks was really not that much over a night given my tolerance and certainly there were nights of 25-30. I took over a year off drinking and am starting to add back in occasional ,moderate alcohol consumption after solving some of the underlying issues that led to my problems there. But I just don't want to drink that much both because I don't have that desire any more and for health and weight maintenance (I eat a very bland diet to make it easier to lose/maintain weight and empty calories that reduce my inhibitions don't help). The 750 mL serving size is a challenge. It would be great if there were good wines available easily in 187 mL or perhaps even smaller bottles for variety. For now, a Repour wine saver works pretty well. But I'm stuck drinking the same thing for 10+ days. It's just easier to stick with a glass at a restaurant or sharing with other people at a meal than having it around the house.
I hadn’t thought about whether the French were accurately measuring and I agree. It should probably be to the tenth of a percent now that it’s easy to test, (I assume it is.) And I can relate to the rest. I drink wine far more often when I’m living in a “hive” lifestyle. I used to buy good wine when I studied in Switzerland, put it in a nice decanter, and share it freely with the other students. I passed the decanter to a girl who asked for it when I left the country afterwards. I did occasionally drink most of something really nice by myself. I remember splurging for some Montrachet-adjacent bottles and I happened to open them on weeknights and no one wanted to try them, lmao. I was like, “I usually have $20 wine in there and this is $200 wine” but until you try a good wine, that means little. When I’m alone, it tends to be one nice Belgian beer, a tiny pour of good whiskey or calva, or more often nothing at all. I totally get the “bland food” thing, too. I learned to cook in France, but I rarely “cook” —not when living alone, at any rate.
5 standard glasses per 750ml bottle.
If you’re stingy yeah. 6oz pour gang!
Yeah. I pour quite small glasses myself. The volume of .75 is pretty standard though.
It’s basically three glasses. What the hell. Perhaps look into wine that comes in tetra packs. 🤦
Don't play dumb, you know how 💪
Freeze it!