Can you freeze wine

kah22

I'm a tea-totaler who enjoys cooking. Now and again I like to make a nice stock or sauce and will buy several small bottles of wine or use a substitute. I was wondering though if wine will freeze for as I understand once you open a bottle of wine it really only stays drinkable for about 4/5 days

Given that you can freeze it how would you go about it? I'm thinking about half filling a small mineral bottle. I appreciate alcohol will not freeze completely.

There are quite a few substitutes out there but occasionally there is nothing to beat the real thing

Look forward to your views

horsechestnut

Yes you can freeze wine for cooking. Like you I don't drink, but very happy to use it in cooking.
Either freeze it in ice-cube trays, then once frozen wrap well in ploy bad, or if there freeze directly in strong poly bags/plastic tubs in portion sized amounts.
p.s. champagne freezes well and is wonderful in a chicken sauce!

Eliza_2

I also freeze it in ice cube trays then chuck a handful or whatever directly into the stew. Easy and works well. No need to defrost.

Linda32

Yes, I've frozen wine before. I just poured it into a sandwich box and popped it in the freezer.

trailingspouse

I've never felt the need to do this (there's always a bottle open in this house...) but how about using old yogurt pots? That would give you about the quantity you would need for cooking.

jackyann

You could always send it to me!
Seriously, though, it will also keep in the fridge for several weeks, if stoppered. I have recently done this with some wine that I don't like (!) left by a guest 2 months ago and have used it for poaching pears.

Pollycat

This is not the thread for me:


Punchline is '.....that you could have wine left over'.