The Best Way To Save an Open Bottle of Wine
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- čas přidán 15. 07. 2024
- In this video you will learn how to properly save a half opened bottle of wine. Preserving an opened bottle of wine is very easy and does not require any fancy tools or gadgets. With this technique you can save a bottle of wine for weeks or even months without oxidizing or spoiling it. This can be used for red wine, white wine and any other forms of wine that are not carbonated. In my opinion this is by far the best way to save an opened bottle of wine.
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This method is spot on. I’ve been doing this for decades with red wine. I always keep an array of smaller bottles handy.
Thank you! Yeah, there really isn't a better way! To effectively displace the oxygen with an inert gas is not particularly reliable, and the little vacuum pumps are not pulling much of a vacuum... and even if they could, you would be pulling the dissolved CO2 out of the wine. A still red wine usually has around 200ppm dissolved CO2 and without it, it can taste woody.
Thank you, that's a great idea. It seems obvious, but I haven't thought about it. In my country argon sprays cost like 3 good bottles, so I wasn't convinced. I will buy two 250 ml bottles and it will solve my opened wine problem ;)
if I save it in a normal plastic bottle of water ( or a bottle of soda drink ) and put it in the fridge / or in the freezer, does that help it last for one month?
I always use a plastic PET water bottle and squeeze the air out. You can even preserve only a glass of wine like that by compressing the entire bottle until no air remains. Works fantastic. Don't know if the plastic will affect the wine on the long term. Some people will say alcohol in a plastic bottle is not recommended.
Good idea! I think it would be fine. There are a lot of PET carboys on the market that seem to be okay. Not all plastic is created equal though. Some plastics are more easily broke down from the acids and alcohol and some contain fillers and plasticizers that could create off flavors and smells not to mention you probably just don't want them in your body. I think the PET water bottle industry is pretty sensitive to health and off aromas so they should use good stuff and are very impermeable to air.
2:29 Off topic, where did you get that bag off your right shoulder? Is that a canteen?
Does it matter if you pour the wine over the foil at the top of the original bottle? Is it metal? Myself, I'd need a funnel to transfer the wine--older, less steady hands.
Hi I did not find information what happens to the wine in the bottle the taste changes over time, what happens inside?
Hello, what would you suggest if I will be doing wine tasting for a week? I don’t think I’d want to switch bottles and also don’t want to waste any that’s left over in bottles.
There is a product called private preserve, which is basically a blend of Argon, Nitrogen, and CO2 in a can. You can use it to displace any air, then place a stopper on the wine. It is much better than the little vacuum pumps, but I still wouldn't want to let it go more than about a week. You can also store the wine a little cooler. Technically, oxygen is more easily absorbed at cool temperatures, but the speed of reactions is MUCH slower, so I still prefer to store a little cooler if you have time to bring them back up to temp before serving. There is also the Coravin, which uses a needle to penetrate the cork and pull a sample of wine, while pumping argon back in. They are really only good if the wines are pretty expensive, since the cartridges are costly. It is about $1-2 each time you pour a small glass with the Coravin.
What if I filled the empty space of the bottle with inert gas and then recorked it? Even through there is more head space wont it still work?
That will work fine. I just figure, not too many people have a tank of inert gas laying around. You would want to for sure let a few times the volume of the headspace flow in also just to make sure you get as much of the air out as possible. Even though argon is much heavier than air, it readily mixes with air so if any air is present it will create more if a gas blend containing some oxygen.
What about using a vacuum to seal the bottle?
Those little vacuum pumps for wine bottles work okay but they don't create a very high vacuum so you are still left with a good bit of oxygen. If you can eliminate nearly all the oxygen, you can leave it for a very long time, vs just slightly prolonging it. There is also an argon in a can called private preserve. That would also work well to eliminate the oxygen if you don't want to go through the trouble of switching bottles.
Can I use lemon juice as the acid? Say one Camden tablet and a tea spoon of lemon juice to a gal water?
You can use lemon juice. I would not use it for a traditional grape wine but for a fruit wine it is fine and sometimes compliments the fruit well. Lemon juice has a high citric acid content. For a wine that you want to put through malolactic fermentation, I would steer away as it can lead to higher production of volatile acidity (vinegar related acids).
Ok so what I plan on doing is buying a magnum and reducing it to 2 750l.. buy the way you have the best video on this subject! Keep the good work..
Is it ok to let opened wine in the refrigerator? Can it still be drink on the next day?
Or uses only plastoc to cover it?the cork was lost😭
Yeah, that's fine. It will last for a week or two in the fridge if covered. Eventually it can start to take on a Sherry like smell or vinegar.
@@TheHomeWinemakingChannel okay 😊 thanks much ♥️
Doesn't it need to be poured to the brim? There's still some air in the neck of this ice wine bottle...
The wine was opened once & recorked, how long can I store in fridge?
In the fridge a wine can last a couple weeks.
@@TheHomeWinemakingChannel ok thanks Sad to throw it out...I thought it lasts for a long time in there
@@e.salinas6553 smell it before you pitch it. If it smells fine it is fine. The way wine goes bad is one of three ways usually. It can smell nutty, nail polish remover like, or vinegar like. On the way to any of those it can just die out and lose the pleasing aromas. The pH, free SO2 and tannin level of the wine can make a big difference in how long it will make it.
@@TheHomeWinemakingChannel thanks so much💖👏👏
Just drink it in a week and save yourself all this trouble
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