You open a wine and don’t drink it all,

what should you do? How should you preserve it?

There are several considerations

  1.You don’t need to lay an opened bottle on its side

  2.How much wine is left?

  3.Think about the vintage of wine?

  4.How old is it?

When we cellar wine, we keep it lying down. The principal reason is to keep it’s the cork moist to prevent leaking. If a cork dries out and shrinks, air gets into the bottle and destroys the wine. However, some people try to keep even opened bottles lying down. This is unnecessary; the wine has already been exposed to air. Wine might leak out past the cork, for no additional protection

Think also about the quantity that you still have in the bottle. If it’s almost full, you can keep it for a while because there is not much air in it but if it’s almost empty, finish it as soon as possible because the wine will oxidize quite rapidly.

You should consider the wine’s age too. If it’s a very old wine, even if the bottle is almost full, the effect of long aging and exposure to air will usually cause it to oxidize faster than a young wine.

Generally, for numerous reasons, wines made in healthy vintage years will last longer than those made in difficult vintages.

Temperature is a factor. Wines kept at a lower temperature will withstand the ravages of air for somewhat longer than they would at warmer temperatures. It helps to keep opened bottles in the fridge, even red wine.

So, to protect your opened wine, adherence to the above points will help.

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