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How long does opened wine stay "good" in the refrigerator? I watched a video last night recommending such wine be used in 2 days max, yet I've had opened boxed wine that stayed drinkable for weeks.
Hm. My friend drinks the boxed wine, and she keeps it on her kitchen counter in a wooden wine box (there's a hole for the spout on the bag) that I bought her at a craft fair. It's red wine, though. I think the bags keep it fresher.
I drink red also, but in bottles. I just keep whatever's left in the bottle on the table next to my recliner for the next day, and it's fine.
From experience, alcohol including wine is usually good for about a week once it has been opened. I don't know a lot about wine, but isn't wine is better when it has been aged for weeks, months, or years?
As noted above, it’s contact with the air that causes the wine to lose flavor once opened. Drawing wine from a bag doesn’t introduce air because the bag gets smaller unlike a bottle where air fills the void. A good inexpensive way to retain flavor in wine from a bottle you don’t intend to finish right away is to immediately top off a 375 ml bottle from your 750 ml bottle upon opening and seal it tight. The contents of that bottle will have minimal exposure to the atmosphere and can be kept longer with minimal degradation to its flavor. Enjoy the wine from the original bottle first with the knowledge that the remaining wine in the smaller bottle should taste fresh when opened days later.
How long does opened wine stay "good" in the refrigerator? I watched a video last night recommending such wine be used in 2 days max, yet I've had opened boxed wine that stayed drinkable for weeks.
Wine is best during the first 2 days, but it usually takes me 3 days to drink a bottle. I can definitely taste the difference on the 3rd day, even after resealing the bottle. The wine starts to taste vinegary and any leftover wine after that gets poured out. I’ve noticed this leftover taste when ordering a glass of wine too, so unless it’s a nice restaurant, a beer is a better option.
Boxed wine isn’t as exposed to air and should last a lot longer. If you like boxed wine, it’s a money saver, since you can have a glass whenever you feel like and not worry about spoiling.
If you routinely find yourself with wine going off before you finish a bottle, an inexpensive vacuum sealer can help preserve an open bottle by about two weeks. Or, you can freeze any leftover and use it for cooking.
Bottled wine, 2 days in the fridge if RED.
Bottled wine, 3 days if WHITE
For boxed wines, the bladder inside collapses as the wine is consumed so the wine stays out of air contact so it will go until the box is empty.
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