Red Wine

[Meg]

How long can you store an opened bottle of the above for? Opened one today for cooking purposes but not my tipple. It's a screw top.

[jno]

it'll vary - if you want it for more cooking and aren't bothered by the finer points of tasting, possibly weeks. Personally I seal bottles of wine with a rubber stopper

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and they seem to be okay several weeks after.

[237SJ]

If you have a screw top or a wine stopper to hand, then I would say the wine will keep for three weeks.

[Jeza]

Only my opinion but red wine is only good for a marinade.

[bibblebub]

red wine is only good for a marinade - philistine

[Jeza]

Bibble..... French lager or B&C for me. Not into wine. Unless it's whining about the price of alcohol.

[Meg]

Best answer goes to jno

[grasscarp]

Pour it into freeze trays. Add cubes of it to sauces, stews etc as required.

[nungate]

I freeze it too - works fine for cooking with later

[Khandro]

Alcohol, which represents around 11% of the wine, freezes a -114.7 degrees Celsius, so how do you freeze it?

[Old_Geezer]

I agree it'll vary.

Opened a bottle at someone else's request last Saturday, wine was ok. Tried another glass Sunday, it wasn't so good. Didn't get around to another until yesterday, expected it to be a sink pouring exercise, but if anything it was a bit better than last Sunday !

These things are a case of try it and see.

[BlueToffee]

Sorry, I am unable to answer your question, once opened, a bottle of red wine never lasts that long in our house!

[Khandro]

OG, I suggest it tasted better because it had chance to "breathe" or be oxygenated. If pure air had a bad effect on wine it would not be possible to drain it via a tap from a barrel over a period of time which is done in some parts of the world. I say 'pure' air, because if the wrong bacteria get in there it will turn to something resembling vinegar.

[gingejbee]

Wine remnants freeze in a home freezer (-18C) because a typical wine freezes at 7 to 9 C.

[gingejbee]

...that's MINUS 7 to 9, obviously...!

[Khandro]

OK, a bit off the OP, but it's important to realise that the wine will not all freeze if only cooled down to that point. When some ice starts to form, it contains almost pure water, leaving the remaining liquid with an increased concentration of alcohol etc, and hence a lower freezing point. Pure alcohol has a freezing point of around -117 °C. So you wont get solid wine ice.

[gingejbee]

This is rather (too) academic! Suffice to say that wine remnants will form blocks in an ice-cube tray...ideal for adding to various cooked dishes where a small amount of wine is called for.