3 Ways to store wine
Without a Cork
Here are 3 ways to store wine without a cork!
Why do you need to use a cork? After you’ve opened your wine, it can improve the flavour over the next few hours as it mixes with oxygen in the air. However, if left unattended for a while it can result in oxygenation.
Turning the flavour of the wine dull and spoling it. It’s always recommended to put a cork back into the bottle after opening. If for some reason you don’t have a cork, here are 3 ways to store wine without a cork.
Method 1. Use a Wine Stopper
Wine stoppers come in a variety of shapes, sizes and colours. Allowing you to show off your collection with more of a personal touch. They’re a very effective way to store your bottles of wine if you don’t have the original cork. Just a quick tip – Look for stoppers that come with multiple flanges near the top. These flexible flanges keep the oxygen air-tight and compressed.
Method 2. Invest In a Vacuum Seal
If you want to store wine that has been left for ages, investing in a vacuum seal is vital! These inexpensive gadgets suck the air out of the bottle. Which in result creates a vacuum seal that keeps a special topper on tight. Removing as much air as possible cuts down on oxidation and helps wine last for many days — and perhaps even up to two weeks. These vacuum seals are a game changer for those wine lovers.
Method 3. Make Your Own Wine Stopper
If you’ve read both method one and method two and still can’t figure out how to store wine…try this!
Grab yourself a zip bag. Get yourself some elastic bands and wrap a couple bags around the entrance of the bottle. Once you’ve completed this step, take your elastic bands and tightly wrap them around the neck of the bottle. Assuring absolute air tight strength. You may think this is a joke, but don’t fault it until you’ve tried it. This method was given to us by women.com – Substitute for a wine cork.
How to Store an Open Bottle of Wine
Keep the bottle out of light
Store the bottle upright to minimize the surface area of wine exposed to oxygen.
Refrigerate after opening, no matter the colour of the wine. Chilling the wine slows the oxygen molecules.
If you have less than half of the bottle remaining, transfer the wine to a smaller bottle before refrigerating. With less room for oxygen in a bottle, the oxidation process can take much longer.
Avoid dramatic changes in temperature. If you are serving a red wine, set it out half an hour before serving so it can gradually increase in temperature.
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