How long does wine keep when opened?

DrFluffy

If you *really* can't cook, you could use it to spice up a shop bought tomato pasta sauce - give it a bit more body.

If you can cook, coq au vin, beef bourguignon, a simple home made pasta sauce (literally fry off some onions, garlic and mushrooms in a bit of oil tomato puree and a few tablespoons of the wine [could add bacon.chicken/whatever here], add a few sun dried toms, a can of peeled chopped toms and a good glug of wine. Season. Mix in some grated cheese if you like that sort of thing and volia!)

sgx.saint

If you can cook, coq au vin, beef bourguignon, a simple home made pasta sauce (literally fry off some onions, garlic and mushrooms in a bit of oil tomato puree and a few tablespoons of the wine [could add bacon.chicken/whatever here], add a few sun dried toms, a can of peeled chopped toms and a good glug of wine. Season. Mix in some grated cheese if you like that sort of thing and volia!)

Translate? lol ... Only joking. Sounds lovely, pitty I have about only one of those ingrediants!

I will save the wine though for now and when that cooking moment of inspiration appears, I shall capture the moment and use the wine

VickyA_2

Spag bol made with red wine is lovely

dannahaz

I would say it's gone off now. Recorking doesn't really help, as the air can still get in.

If you want to keep opened wine for longer then I would recommend investing in a Vacuvin. The tool comes with rubber stoppers which you put in the bottle, and you then use the pump to pump the air out of the bottle. No air means the wine doesn't go off.

When you want to drink it, you just pull out the stopper, you'll hear the vacuum go woosh, and you have lovely fresh wine to drink.

Here's a link to what I'm talking about. I have no idea whether Amazon is any cheaper than anywhere else, this was just the first result when I googled.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vacuvin-Vacuum-Black-Giftpack-Stoppers/dp/B0000AQVO2/sr=1-2/qid=1158399886/ref=sr_1_2/202-9296746-7619817?ie=UTF8&s=kitchen

If your wine has gone a bit vinegary, I would look for recipes that use red wine vinegar and use your home made version :-)

Normally wouldn't refrigerate red wine unless it was a very light one or a rose. (But having said that, I love sherry and madeira from the fridge, makes my granny think I'm mad but for me it's the only way I can drink fortified wines).

adsk

Vacuvin is definitely a good idea. Works very well.

Red wine will keep for 5-10 days using the Vacuvin seal. White wine (especially if young) will keep for 4-7. More robust whites will keep a little longer. The wines are still drinkable outside these time limits but are definitely past their best.

I keep my 'Vacuvined' white wine in the fridge and red wine at room temperature.

V.Lucky

There is only me in our house who drinks red wine, I usually just put a cork stopper in the top and it has always lasted just out on the side from one weekend to the next.

Tastes fine - although I have never put red wine in the fridge.

Sarahsaver

Eugh:eek:
Would never keep wine for that long. Was it cheap? If it was bin it, if it was not really cheapo then use it for cooking. If you do this again you can freeze wine - on the odd occasions I have had to do so a plastic cup has been fine for doing this. Good on stews or really rich gravies/sauces.
It is common to serve red wine chileld in Spain.

Dolly_Smith

well they say red wine should be served at room temperature - but a nice cool cellar in a French chateau is a bit colder than my sauna-like kitchen! It shouldn't be totally chilled, but you can keep it in the fridge, take it out an hour before you want it and it's perfect.

I should also clarify my post - I've kept red wine refridgerated and only used it for cooking. I can't drink red wine for fun - gives me a terrible headache!!

Phatmouse

You should not refrigerate red wine unless its a neww world wine, if it can't be drunk it should never be used for cooking.

Nix143

Got to agree with phatmouse, if you can't drink it then please dont cook with it, you could turn your potentially lovely food sour and not nice tasting