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How long would it take you to drink half a bottle of white wine?

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PumpkinWanker · 03/10/2026 20:10

No agenda and no judgement, as in the title how long would it take you to drink half a bottle of white wine? One that you like.

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TofuTuesday · 03/10/2026 21:11

keepswimming38 · 03/10/2026 20:14

I have about a medium glass one night then maybe another medium glass 3 nights later. So quite some time.

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JaneJeffer · 03/10/2026 21:11

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DreamingOfGeneHunt · 03/10/2026 21:14

I've had about that much in the fridge since last summer. So a long time.

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 03/10/2026 21:14

Anywhere between 10 mins and throwing it down the drain 3 weeks later…

teardropsrunning · 03/10/2026 21:15

One hour

Eyesopenwideawake · 03/10/2026 21:17

Being Mumsnet the only correct answer is 10 years; measured in thimbles.

BitterTits · 03/10/2026 21:18

TeenToTwenties · 03/10/2026 20:25

Yes. We open a bottle of red wine at Christmas and it last until into the new year. I probably drink less than 2 bottles of wine a year myself. Never been a big drinker and these days it goes straight to my head so I rarely bother.

It must be rancid by then!

FloofyKat · 03/10/2026 21:21

These day, probably three days - a small glass each evening.

GreenEyesMillennial · 03/10/2026 21:24

PumpkinWanker · 03/10/2026 20:44

We just finished a bottle of nice white wine in an hour watching an episode of what we love and was thinking it felt fast and was just wondering what other people did. It’s been a stressful week at work and was just wondering.

As long as you enjoyed the wine it’s all good!! I am sure you deserved it

GreenEyesMillennial · 03/10/2026 21:24

BitterTits · 03/10/2026 21:18

It must be rancid by then!

Was gonna say that🤣

enoughisfuckingenough · 03/10/2026 21:25

PumpkinWanker · 03/10/2026 20:45

For full disclosure I can drink much more than this was just wondering about the speed ratio!

That’s no accolade !

Sounds like you are saying that in response to those saying it’s nothing.

nothing to be proud of!

abracadabra1980 · 03/10/2026 21:26

30 to 45 minutes

BobbleBear · 03/10/2026 21:27

A year? I don’t drink it by the glass but tend to use alcohol in cooking occasionally, so I might open a bottle of something and bung it in the utility fridge door and then completely forget about it for several months. DH doesn’t drink either.

AmberTigerEyes · 03/10/2026 21:28

About six months because I cook with it now and again and don’t drink it.
Hoping the no judgement still holds with this honest reply.

LagoLady · 03/10/2026 21:30

Half an hour, and relieved to see I’m not alone

BeDandyDenimSloth · 03/10/2026 21:30

About an hour , a glass of red wine however can last several hours, I do like red wine but always drink it much more slowly

UnintentionalArcher · 03/10/2026 22:21

I’d be unlikely to have this much in an evening if at home - more likely if on a night out. So maybe seven or eight days if I had a quarter bottle each weekend over two consecutive weekends. It could be up to a month depending on how busy I was and whether or not I felt like a drink.

choccycornflakecakes · 03/10/2026 22:24

PumpkinWanker · 03/10/2026 20:44

We just finished a bottle of nice white wine in an hour watching an episode of what we love and was thinking it felt fast and was just wondering what other people did. It’s been a stressful week at work and was just wondering.

I guess my question would be: are you worried it's too quick (for whatever reason), or just curious to see if others drink at the same rate?

MCF86 · 03/10/2026 22:27

Not long enough, and that's why I only (and rarely) drink wine if I am eating.

Mixymaxymoxy · 03/10/2026 22:40

Couple of hours usually.

Whoops75 · 03/10/2026 22:42

I add ice so maybe 30 mins.

I am a beer drinker too so can forget myself at times and swamp a glass!

dustabsorber · 03/10/2026 22:44

I used to club with a friend, and we would nail a bottle of Merlot between 2 whilst waiting for the cab to take us there.

ghostyslovesheets · 03/10/2026 22:48

I had half a bottle this evening- first glass halfway through strictly and just finished the second and now of to bed.

on a night out probably an hour and a half!

Crispynoodle · 03/10/2026 22:49

About a year!

Whoknowswhatanymore · 03/10/2026 22:52

30 mins. No judgement.

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