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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2009/10/30/how-long-does-wine-keep-after-its-been-opened/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2009/10/30/how-long-does-wine-keep-after-its-been-opened/</guid><description><![CDATA[Aged wines do not last longer when opened than young wines.  You have it completely backwards.  The older a wine is the less time it will retain its character when opened.  Some very old wines need to be drunk in the first hour they are opened!!! <br><br>Please make sure you change this as the information you have posted is completely incorrect!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[bill]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 30th 2009 7:48PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2009/10/30/how-long-does-wine-keep-after-its-been-opened/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2009/10/30/how-long-does-wine-keep-after-its-been-opened/</guid><description><![CDATA[Bill is 100% correct. The short answer to why is that tannic acid chains in older red wines have had years to break down(that is part of what becomes sediment). The reason we age wines is so that the young tannins that make a wine so harsh and"too young" can mellow. Older wines have LESS of a shelf life because they have less acids to maintain the structure of the wines hence they oxidize faster. The young wines have more than enough acids to keep the wine drinkable for days. That is not to say that you should keep your bottle of cab open for a week and think it will be the same beautiful wine it was when you opened it. Many restaurants employ inert gases, wine keeper systems etc to prolong BTG shelf life. Most of the MS(Court of Master Sommeliers-I waiting to test for my Level 3 advanced this coming year and have been a pro wine buyer for almost ten years) will tell you not decant wines over 20 years or so. Reidel has smaller sommelier series bordeaux glasses specifically for vintage bordeaux for this very reason. With many of the older wines they might have an hour before they fade off and "die". I've had many wines from the 50's -70's that this is true for. <br><br>The same rule applies to vintage white and champagne. The higher the acidity level the longer they will last once opened. The high acidity of Grand cru Burgundies and other famous whites are what allow them to age, and also what can make many of them "a little dry" to consume young. <br><br>Ultimately it is completely about taste. I tell my guests that wines are like left overs. They may still be good the next day but they will never be as good as they were fresh out of the kitchen and you should drank and eat them fast.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cellarmaster]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 30th 2009 11:29PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2009/10/30/how-long-does-wine-keep-after-its-been-opened/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2009/10/30/how-long-does-wine-keep-after-its-been-opened/</guid><description><![CDATA[Sorry bout the typos btw, I typed that out way too fast...the message is clear enough. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cellarmaster]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 30th 2009 11:31PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2009/10/30/how-long-does-wine-keep-after-its-been-opened/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2009/10/30/how-long-does-wine-keep-after-its-been-opened/</guid><description><![CDATA[Thank you all for sharing your information about wines. I am not a wine drinker, but some of my relatives and friends are. It is refreshing to hear about wines, how long they last once opened.You had mentioned older wines losing more acidic in them, does that make it less stronger in taste? Thank you again for sharing your knowledge.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Keith]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 31st 2009 9:30AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2009/10/30/how-long-does-wine-keep-after-its-been-opened/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2009/10/30/how-long-does-wine-keep-after-its-been-opened/</guid><description><![CDATA[You have any bottle of wine last more than week by adding a vacuum seal to it. These are very cheap. It is simply a plug in the top of the bottle and you attach a small hand held vacuum bottle. Once the wine is pumped down it will last without any isses for at least a week, red or white.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[empirehvac]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 6th 2009 10:09AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2009/10/30/how-long-does-wine-keep-after-its-been-opened/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2009/10/30/how-long-does-wine-keep-after-its-been-opened/</guid><description><![CDATA[What a lot of effort.  Stay sober.  Drink water.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Marilyn]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 6th 2009 3:49PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2009/10/30/how-long-does-wine-keep-after-its-been-opened/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2009/10/30/how-long-does-wine-keep-after-its-been-opened/</guid><description><![CDATA[I Just freez my left over in a wine glass,drink it next day,very good.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[mrsmap25]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 6th 2009 5:44PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2009/10/30/how-long-does-wine-keep-after-its-been-opened/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2009/10/30/how-long-does-wine-keep-after-its-been-opened/</guid><description><![CDATA[After being served many glasses of partially or sometimes totally oxidised wines by staff who receive little training from their employers about wine, I did something about it and created the Wine Preserva. There is a free white paper download on the website (www.winepreserva.com) which is easy to read. <br>We recommend customers put the disk into the bottle as soon as the first 2 glasses are poured, for best effect - we get up to 5 days with the same taste and aroma as a freshly opened bottle.<br>It's critical to apply the disk to aged wines within a short period after an aged wine is opened - let it breathe and then apply the disk. As Bill said, some 'collapse' within the hour,<br>Cheers]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[barry.rees]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 16th 2009 3:38PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>