How long can you keep a bottle of wine once you crack the lid?
Do you need to then keep it refrigerated?

*I’m just referring to everyday domestic wines.

I wouldn’t keep an opened bottle longer than about 5 days. Make sure it’s lidded and store it out of the sun. Fridge is best if it’s for a number of days.

Cheers

so, are you going to drink it?

One ‘handy hint’ I keep reading about is freezing the left over wine in ice cube trays. Then everyone laughs.

If you don’t want to drink it, don’t open it…
Good rule to live by

LOL

Well, it’s a 750ml bottle, so assuming maximum 5 day use by limit, that would be like 2 to 3 glasses per day for 5 days.
I don’t drink a lot of wine so it might be best shared, instead..

Aquila said:

LOL

Well, it’s a 750ml bottle, so assuming maximum 5 day use by limit, that would be like 2 to 3 glasses per day for 5 days.
I don’t drink a lot of wine so it might be best shared, instead..

oops, this was in response to Arts.

Dropbear, yes, I like that rule.

I’ve kept opened reds for a week or two in a cool dark place , but it can depend a lot on ambient temps. Wouldn’t do that in Brisbane mid summer

drinking a couple of glasses of wine per day will aid memory.. seems like you are on the right track…

I’m up to January 2019.. just getting a head start for my 60+ years

I’ve also read that one can make an effective cockroach trap with leftover red wine and an unwashed margarine container.
We tried it with a cheap nasty red that was bought especially for the vermin. They complained loudly as they drowned.

kii said:

I’ve also read that one can make an effective cockroach trap with leftover red wine and an unwashed margarine container.
We tried it with a cheap nasty red that was bought especially for the vermin. They complained loudly as they drowned.

Cockroaches marinated in red wine are probably a delicacy in China.

Bubblecar said:

kii said:

I’ve also read that one can make an effective cockroach trap with leftover red wine and an unwashed margarine container.
We tried it with a cheap nasty red that was bought especially for the vermin. They complained loudly as they drowned.

Cockroaches marinated in red wine are probably a delicacy in China.

With margarine for frying :)

Dropbear said:

I’ve kept opened reds for a week or two in a cool dark place , but it can depend a lot on ambient temps. Wouldn’t do that in Brisbane mid summer

that’s why you have a wine fridge… but I must say I prefer your first suggestion.

diddly-squat said:

Dropbear said:

I’ve kept opened reds for a week or two in a cool dark place , but it can depend a lot on ambient temps. Wouldn’t do that in Brisbane mid summer

that’s why you have a wine fridge… but I must say I prefer your first suggestion.

Is that like a beer fridge at the back of the garage?

diddly-squat said:

Dropbear said:

I’ve kept opened reds for a week or two in a cool dark place , but it can depend a lot on ambient temps. Wouldn’t do that in Brisbane mid summer

that’s why you have a wine fridge… but I must say I prefer your first suggestion.

Yeh I pretty much keep to whites in summer

kii said:

diddly-squat said:

Dropbear said:

I’ve kept opened reds for a week or two in a cool dark place , but it can depend a lot on ambient temps. Wouldn’t do that in Brisbane mid summer

that’s why you have a wine fridge… but I must say I prefer your first suggestion.

Is that like a beer fridge at the back of the garage?

Not as cold ;)

kii said:

diddly-squat said:

Dropbear said:

I’ve kept opened reds for a week or two in a cool dark place , but it can depend a lot on ambient temps. Wouldn’t do that in Brisbane mid summer

that’s why you have a wine fridge… but I must say I prefer your first suggestion.

Is that like a beer fridge at the back of the garage?

no… it’s not…

in any case.. the good thing is that even if you do drink old wine it can’t hurt you… it will taste crap, but it won’t make you sick

Dropbear said:

diddly-squat said:

Dropbear said:

I’ve kept opened reds for a week or two in a cool dark place , but it can depend a lot on ambient temps. Wouldn’t do that in Brisbane mid summer

that’s why you have a wine fridge… but I must say I prefer your first suggestion.

Yeh I pretty much keep to whites in summer

I generally prefer white wine anyway…

diddly-squat said:

Dropbear said:

diddly-squat said:

that’s why you have a wine fridge… but I must say I prefer your first suggestion.

Yeh I pretty much keep to whites in summer

I generally prefer white wine anyway…

Depends on many factors :)

You need to be in the right frame of mind for a nice red

So, a wine fridge is more hoity toity?

Dropbear said:

Depends on many factors :)

You need to be in the right frame of mind for a nice red

It’s a pretty common frame of mind in this household :)

kii said:

So, a wine fridge is more hoity toity?

They complain a lot

kii said:

So, a wine fridge is more hoity toity?

:) I think so but I’m not a wine collector :)

If you live in Qld and want to keep Reds to mature it’s pretty much a wise investment

Bubblecar said:

Dropbear said:

Depends on many factors :)

You need to be in the right frame of mind for a nice red

It’s a pretty common frame of mind in this household :)

Lol :)

kii said:

So, a wine fridge is more hoity toity?

kinda… it’s just a fridge that has wine racks and it’s usually set to a higher temperature (usually somewhere between 10 and 20 degrees)

I thought the idea of the wine ‘fridge’ was to keep the temp cool (not cold) but stable is the most important bit..

Arts said:

I thought the idea of the wine ‘fridge’ was to keep the temp cool (not cold) but stable is the most important bit..

yep… that’s it…

A standard drink (of wine) is 100ml, so a bottle is roughly 7.5 standard drinks. However, a glass of wine is around 150ml, so a 750ml bottle is roughly 5 drinks. A bottle won’t last you too long if you’re having a couple a day.

With red wine, I find that if an opened bottle is kept in the fridge, it’s OK the following night. The night after that the wine will be undrinkable. This is often for half a bottle being left-over. If most of the bottle is left-over, I’m sure the wine will still be OK for much longer.

I notice that restaurants often keep their opened wines on a counter. Not sure how long they sit there for, but I have sent glasses of wine back which have obviously been sitting there too long.

I’m sure white wines last much longer as they taste off to begin with ;)

> A standard drink (of wine) is 100ml, so a bottle is roughly 7.5 standard drinks. However, a glass of wine is around 150ml, so a 750ml bottle is roughly 5 drinks. A bottle won’t last you too long if you’re having a couple a day.

If you’re having a couple a day then you’re an alcoholic.

I’ve known a good port to last for four months after opening with no significant degradation in quality.

Speedy said:

A standard drink (of wine) is 100ml, so a bottle is roughly 7.5 standard drinks. However, a glass of wine is around 150ml, so a 750ml bottle is roughly 5 drinks. A bottle won’t last you too long if you’re having a couple a day.

My label says:
750 ml
14.5% alc/vol
8.6 standard drinks

Speedy said:

I’m sure white wines last much longer as they taste off to begin with ;)

that’s racist funny ……LOL

I’m testing the fridge theory. We didn’t quite finish the fourth bottle of red last night, so at 2:18 am I put it in the fridge. I have just poured the remainder in a glass. Seems to taste OK cold. Now to allow it to warm up.

I tried Kii’s freezing idea… then I found the kids with glasses of water with their ‘red cordial’ ice blocks in them… ad so ends the great wine iceblock experiment of 2015 .. they are sleeping through it

I think more taste testing still needs to be completed…
…the results seem inconclusive..

and please, log your data! We can’t trust your memories
(unless you’re 60+)

lol

Aquila said:

I think more taste testing still needs to be completed…
…the results seem inconclusive..

and please, log your data! We can’t trust your memories
(unless you’re 60+)

lol

I wouldn’t trust my memory. I don’t think you should either.

Aquila said:

Speedy said:

A standard drink (of wine) is 100ml, so a bottle is roughly 7.5 standard drinks. However, a glass of wine is around 150ml, so a 750ml bottle is roughly 5 drinks. A bottle won’t last you too long if you’re having a couple a day.

My label says:
750 ml
14.5% alc/vol
8.6 standard drinks

Yes, I’ve noticed that many wines are about the same.

I guess my points were:

• don’t assume that a standard drink is equivalent to a glass. For the wine you have there, it’s only 87ml, which is not very much at all
• if you do have a couple of “glasses” per night, the bottle won’t last long enough to worry too much about it going off.

Speedy said:

Aquila said:

Speedy said:

A standard drink (of wine) is 100ml, so a bottle is roughly 7.5 standard drinks. However, a glass of wine is around 150ml, so a 750ml bottle is roughly 5 drinks. A bottle won’t last you too long if you’re having a couple a day.

My label says:
750 ml
14.5% alc/vol
8.6 standard drinks

Yes, I’ve noticed that many wines are about the same.

I guess my points were:

• don’t assume that a standard drink is equivalent to a glass. For the wine you have there, it’s only 87ml, which is not very much at all
• if you do have a couple of “glasses” per night, the bottle won’t last long enough to worry too much about it going off.
  

Cheers, Speedy….some helpful info there

mollwollfumble said:

> A standard drink (of wine) is 100ml, so a bottle is roughly 7.5 standard drinks. However, a glass of wine is around 150ml, so a 750ml bottle is roughly 5 drinks. A bottle won’t last you too long if you’re having a couple a day.

If you’re having a couple a day then you’re an alcoholic.

Ummm no…

diddly-squat said:

mollwollfumble said:

> A standard drink (of wine) is 100ml, so a bottle is roughly 7.5 standard drinks. However, a glass of wine is around 150ml, so a 750ml bottle is roughly 5 drinks. A bottle won’t last you too long if you’re having a couple a day.

If you’re having a couple a day then you’re an alcoholic.

Ummm no…

two bottles a day is a warm up for the serious alcoholic

wookiemeister said:

diddly-squat said:

mollwollfumble said:

> A standard drink (of wine) is 100ml, so a bottle is roughly 7.5 standard drinks. However, a glass of wine is around 150ml, so a 750ml bottle is roughly 5 drinks. A bottle won’t last you too long if you’re having a couple a day.

If you’re having a couple a day then you’re an alcoholic.

Ummm no…

two bottles a day is a warm up for the serious alcoholic

A really serious alcoholic will go for six months without touching a drop.

mollwollfumble said:

wookiemeister said:

diddly-squat said:

Ummm no…

two bottles a day is a warm up for the serious alcoholic

A really serious alcoholic will go for six months without touching a drop.

I think people misunderstand alcohol addiction and equate a certain amount of drinks is the magic number that identifies them or vindicates them from an addiction. There are two aspects and one is what level is considered a safe level of consumption and what level is considered an addiction. I would say an addiction indicator is if the person attempts a period to abstain and discovers they can’t abstain and other issues about trying to abstain commence emerging like physical reactions , change behaviour patterns like how their mood is regulating and their reduced capacities to cope or react appropriately according to their friends, families and peers and their own experiences. Some people don’t drink each day but binge drink periods during stress and can’t manage life without doing so. There is set rule for an addiction and how the addiction is controlling part of your life. People and addictions vary !

monkey skipper said:

mollwollfumble said:

wookiemeister said:

two bottles a day is a warm up for the serious alcoholic

A really serious alcoholic will go for six months without touching a drop.

I think people misunderstand alcohol addiction and equate a certain amount of drinks is the magic number that identifies them or vindicates them from an addiction. There are two aspects and one is what level is considered a safe level of consumption and what level is considered an addiction. I would say an addiction indicator is if the person attempts a period to abstain and discovers they can’t abstain and other issues about trying to abstain commence emerging like physical reactions , change behaviour patterns like how their mood is regulating and their reduced capacities to cope or react appropriately according to their friends, families and peers and their own experiences. Some people don’t drink each day but binge drink periods during stress and can’t manage life without doing so. There is set rule for an addiction and how the addiction is controlling part of your life. People and addictions vary !

Edit- There is NO set rule for an addiction and how the addiction is controlling your life.