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From Champagne to Bailey's Irish Cream, here's a consumer's guide to how long your favorite bottles of alcohol will last once you pop the cork or break the seal. 1. Wine. iStock. While some wines improve with age, once opened, their shelf life drops dramatically. 2. Sparkling wine. iStock. You can still enjoy a half-finished bottle of wine -- but don't wait too long. (Image: ktsimage/iStock/Getty Images) Whether you only felt like a single glass or the party wound down with a few half-empty bottles lying around, you don't need to pour out the rest of your wine. Wine Life Expectancy. Exactly how long your wine will last depends on the wine itself. Most red and white wines will last for about two to three days after opening; after this point, they begin to sour and lose their flavor. Sparkling wines lose their carbonation almost immediately and should be enjoyed as soon as they are opened. How long does a box of red plonk tend to last, once opened, given that each contains about four litres when full? THE ANSWER As you tap the spout to pour, the bladder collapses, just like those burp-free Playtex Nurser baby bottles. This minimizes the wine's exposure to air, and thus to the corrosive effects of oxidation, as it's dispensed. A boxed wine can survive nicely for several weeks after opening. The bag offers a less-than-perfect hermetic seal, however. Small amounts of air get in over time, even if the box remains unopened. Typically, it's meant to be consumed within nine months to a year, and many boxes come stamped with best-before dates. Now here you are the next day/three days/week with half a bottle of wine and the timeless question: How long does an open bottle of wine last, really? Because wine can be made in so many different ways, it's impossible to give you a hard out on all wines. That would be like asking how long you have to eat a Snickers after you unwrap it, versus how long you have to eat an organic banana after you peel it. They are radically different. One is built to sit on gas station shelves for years, and the other just got picked and has about three days before it dies. It's similar with wine. The best way to keep wine after you've opened it, is to remember to recork it and put it in the fridge. By recorking and refrigerating, you're limiting the wine's exposure to oxygen, heat, and light. These are all the things that take a bottle of wine from being next-day-decent to downright disgusting. If you were responsible enough to remember these precautions before you hit the hay, a bottle of red or white wine can last approximately between two and five days. By contrast, fortified wines such as port or sherry can last several weeks or more; the higher the alcohol content, the longer the life of the wine. Wine lifespan varies depending on the acidity of the wine; a high-acidity wine such as a Riesling or Sauvignon Blanc will survive a little longer than a lower-acidity wine such as a Pinot Grigio. For sparkling wine, you have one to three days (it will for sure go flat, but it's still drinkable, and sometimes chugging flat sparkling wine after a long day is better than no wine at all). A wine could go bad in a day if it's an unstable natural wine, or it could last for a week if it's a highly tannic, commercial red you haven't touched since the night you accidentally opened it. Boxed wine it's nice to know this newspaper hasn't lost touch with the common folk. I believe this question is a sequel to a recent answer I tendered regarding the longevity of an open bottle. It was, of course, callously presumptuous of me to assume that all people drink wine from old-fangled glass containers. The answer is: pretty long. Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon) are only good for approximately three to five days after opening. Alternatively, fortified wines such as Port and sweet wines such as Sauternes can last about a month after opening due to the acidity and high sugar content which act as preservatives. Query: how long will wine stay good after opening
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For sparkling wine, you have one to three days (it will for sure go flat, but it's still drinkable, and sometimes chugging flat sparkling wine after a long day is better than no wine at all).