On 10/05/2010 16:32, Mark Lipton wrote:
> On 5/9/10 9:19 PM, Joel wrote:
>> It's just my wife and I and I drink wine more often than her.
>> I can't make it through a full bottle before it goes bad.
>> I was reading using about 1/4 bottles (aka splits) to divide a full
>> bottle into smaller portions that will last longer.
>> This seems like a good an inexpensive approach.
>> Any other ways to do this?
>>
>
> http://winefaq.cwdjr.net/wine/section4.php#l12

The only thing to add to that is that it helps if you prevent oxygen
getting into the wine before it is set aside for later. So if you are
going to put a smaller bottle aside it you should decant slowly and
carefully into the smaller bottle, and do it soon after opening the
original bottle - certainly before you have started pouring glasses from
the opriginal bottle.

That's what I am told at least - personally I rarely have the problem of
leftover wine - and when I do I just stick the leftovers in the fridge
and usually drink it the next day.

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