Red Wine Preservation After Opening

Oxygen turns red wine into vinegar.

Red wine preservation after opening.

Storing your red wine in the refrigerator keeps it fresh for a longer time. In this case inert gas is pumped into the open wine bottle. Your red wine can last less than the stated time depending on how you store it. Thus the key is to reduce the amount of oxygen touching the surface when storing open red wine.

Just allow leftover red wine to warm back to room temperature before serving. This will pump out the air and create a vacuum inside the wine bottle thereby halting the oxidation process or reducing the rate of oxidation. This tool is a little pump with a bottle stopper. To use the vacuum wine saver place the vacuum wine stopper in the opening of the wine bottle.

Note that dark rich reds like cabernet sauvignon and petite sirah will generally keep for longer than lighter red varieties like pinot noir. These may last up to 2 to 3 days once you open it. Meanwhile sparkling wines somewhat unsurprisingly given their effervescent nature last the shortest and should be consumed within one to three days. Syrah nebbiolo and cabernet sauvignon are the red wines that contain higher tannin levels.

Keep opened bottles of red wine not just white wine in a wine chiller or the fridge. If you intend to keep your red wine for a week after opening it you may consider having a wine preserving tool like vacu vin wine saver. Once you open it will remain delicious for five days if treated with the utmost care. It is advisable to re cork your red wine after every glass pour.

Keep the red wine bottle out of light. As a general rule red wines last longer than white wines after opening their potential closer to five days while white s is much closer to three.