How long does an open bottle of wine last

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I don't drink much - 1/2 drinks per week. Usually gin.

I do like red wine and I think from a health perspective maybe better to spend my alcohol points on this (yes yes I know...).

When I fancy wine I get half bottles but this is expensive. If I bought a whole one how long does it keep for? I could get a stopper!

3 days, after that it declines, still ok for cooking for a while.

3 hours 3 days - get an air tight stopper .

Several weeks in this house. It's only used for cooking.

Get a vacuvin - takes the air out and seals it with special stopper, lasts as long as you like, just as if it was unopened. So worth it if you only drink a glass at a time. . Pays for itself rapidly.

About half an hour here.

3 days maximum if sealed. But I’d say it noticeably declines from 24 hours onwards.

One meal

Sometimes an hour.

If I'm not going to drink it I freeze it in ice cube trays and use it in cooking

With a good quality wine you wouldn't want to drink it more than 24-36 hours after opening. It definitely degrades. If you just fancy something cheap and cheerful why not check out some of the wine boxes? They last for weeks.

3 days.

I find up to a week is fine with a decent wine stopper (one of those vacuum ones).

I've always drunk it up to a week. TBH, with red, I tend to find it least nice freshly opened, and best after a day or two. After a week it gets relegated to cooking wine, which has no expiry in my house (and is a mix of various dregs!)

This is why I’ve switched to boxes of wine - I’m the only one in my house that drinks and was throwing away at least a third of every bottle I opened.

there’s some decent boxes out there, and it is so much less wasteful.

About an hour 😳

Definitely look into a box! We only ever drink it within 48hrs after that any leftovers are frozen for cooking.

you can freeze wine. I don’t know what it’s like defrosted, but I assume it’s drinkable.

On average an hour in our house 🤷🏻‍♀️

In seriousness though, it'll still be fine after 3 days or so.

It’s fine for days but get a box

Defrosted wine tastes exactly the same. Done it!

Another vote for the vacuum pump stopper. I love a nice glass but can only handle one, without the stopper it wouldn’t be worth opening a bottle.

I also freeze left over wine for cooking with (when its only just ok to drink but I don’t want anymore).

Another vote for wine boxes - they're great!