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I froze wines now and then many years ago before I started storing under
ultra-pure nitrogen. The best way I found was to use a heavy zip-lock plastic bag designed for freezing food. Fill the bag, nearly seal, squeeze out the air, and finish sealing. Then place in a large flat pan and freeze. The fairly thin sheet of wine in the plastic bag allows fairly rapid freezing. You can thaw the bag rapidly in a sink full of water. I never did this for fine wines. However the wine was quite drinkable and good for cooking for up to a few months. Tom mentioned heat stabilization. However you will find that some wines will be a bit cloudy when thawed because of separation of tartrates. Some better German and other wines are not heat stabilized, and tartrates are considered a mark of good wines by many in Germany where heat stabilization often is frowned on. In any event, the wines, as all other frozen foods, should be stored at 0 degrees F or less. Enzymes and oxygen can slowly react with even frozen vegetables and produce off flavors and colors on long storage. That is why ascorbic acid is added to some frozen fruits to prevent browning caused by oxygen. Vegetables to be frozen are blanched in boiling water to destroy enzymes that can produce off flavors. Just how importan such reactions are in frozen wine is not apparent to me, but at least one should not be surprised if taste and smell change a bit on long storage. My mailbox is always full to avoid spam. To contact me, erase from my email address. Then add . I do not check this box every day, so post if you need a quick response. |
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