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Most people put leftover white wine in the fridge and red wine on the counter. Gillian Ballance, wine director of FARM at the Carneros Inn, says that the fridge is the best bet for both.
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Ok, I realize just asking this question may be heresy but, could you freeze the wine? Say in an ice cube tray or disposable plastic containers and then once frozen transfer them to plastic bags with as much of the air removed as possible? We don't really drink a lot of wine but I do cook with it somewhat often. Even after a glass each and the cup that goes in the meal, I usually end up with a cup...+READ
Ok, I realize just asking this question may be heresy but, could you freeze the wine? Say in an ice cube tray or disposable plastic containers and then once frozen transfer them to plastic bags with as much of the air removed as possible? We don't really drink a lot of wine but I do cook with it somewhat often. Even after a glass each and the cup that goes in the meal, I usually end up with a cup and a half left over. But my husband and I get headaches if we have more than one glass of wine so we don't really want to polish it all off, and I'd love to have that last part to cook with another day, say in a sauce I make 4-5 days later.
I'm thinking the low alcohol content of wine will let it freeze. Anyone willing to confess that it works?-COLLAPSE
After drinking a 375ml of wine (1/2 bottle), save the bottle and put your red wine in it. Top it up as far as possible to eliminate all the head space or oxygen. Oxygen is the wines enemy. Gas a bottle with nitrogen, argon or Carbon di-oxide which are all inert gases and will make a protective blanket for your wine while it sleeps. The next day it should be great.
just drink the whole dam bottle. it never taste the same the next day.
Don't get me wrong - I see absolutely nothing wrong with it and have always cooked with it for both myself and my children. However there are a few people I know who just don't like to for what ever reason. Maybe they don't believe the alcohol cooks out - go figure. I'm also located in a state that has a lot of dry counties. Hard for me to believe that still exists. There's always the next...+READ
Don't get me wrong - I see absolutely nothing wrong with it and have always cooked with it for both myself and my children. However there are a few people I know who just don't like to for what ever reason. Maybe they don't believe the alcohol cooks out - go figure. I'm also located in a state that has a lot of dry counties. Hard for me to believe that still exists. There's always the next county.
I believe wine with dinner is a tradition in a lot of families. I see no reason to exclude the children at a reasonable age as long as the amount they drink is not great. Actuallly I believe a little red wine with a meal may be adventageous to your health especially if the meal is high in fat.-COLLAPSE
Good tip. I refrigerate half full bottles of red too, but there is still oxidation happening, just more slowly. Since I carbonate my own seltzer at home (Soda-Club), I take the added measure of displacing the oxygen in the bottle with CO2 prior to storing. The next day, or even several days later, the wine still tastes good.
re: tamben's comment: what's wrong with giving your kids cooked wine? From the age of 4 or 5, my favorite meal was Red Wine Chicken (simplified Coque Au Vin)! I don't *think* it corrupted me...
The alcohol evaporates away when cooked. And anyway, in lots of places it's normal to let kids try a little wine at dinner.
Take a package of your favorite smoked sausage slice it into bite size slices and brown in a skillet for jsut a minute or so throw in a handfull (approx. 1/3 cup) of brown sugar, a heaping tablespoon of grey puopon mustard and pour in about two cups of red wine, stir till it comes to a boil. Adjust sugar, mustard or wine to taste. Serve over rice. Be sure to pour a little sauce over rice since...+READ
Take a package of your favorite smoked sausage slice it into bite size slices and brown in a skillet for jsut a minute or so throw in a handfull (approx. 1/3 cup) of brown sugar, a heaping tablespoon of grey puopon mustard and pour in about two cups of red wine, stir till it comes to a boil. Adjust sugar, mustard or wine to taste. Serve over rice. Be sure to pour a little sauce over rice since you won't want to waste it. Saw this once on Justin Wilsons show, tried it and love it. Sorry no exact measurements I just do it by taste that way you can't go wrong. Strangely grape juice doesn't really work quite as good to my taste but apple juice does if you just really don't want to give kids food cooked with wine,-COLLAPSE
I'm amazed that people actually wind up with a half a bottle of wine leftover. Call me a lush but I can't remember the last time that happened. But I do agree on the vinegar comment above. Great to have around. I have a friend who is a wine maker and he drops cases of that stuff of at my house each year for Christmas.
I get the tiny (four pack) bottles of wine for cooking, and save the empties. When I don't finish a bottle of red, I fill and re-cap these little bottles with the leftovers. This effectively eliminates any additional oxidation, and the wine stays in perfectly good shape as long as you want it to.
There's also the vinegar jar! I never appreciated red wine vinegar till I started making my own.
If I drink red wine warm I get a headache, so all of the red I drink is chilled with a few ice cubes and then guests can enjoy the wine as they wish.
I also use leftover red in soups, stews, marinades and glazes rather than letting it go or turn.
I do, on those rare occasions when I don't finish the bottle. A lot of people tend to drink red too warm anyway.