How Do You Preserve An Open Bottle Of Wine?
If you find yourself unable to finish a bottle of wine in one go for whatever reason-pregnant, heavily medicated, and/or narcoleptic-follow these steps to preserve the quality of the wine from day to day. Keep the cork. You can purchase plastic bottle stoppers, but this is totally unnecessary. If the cork kept the wine well maintained before you opened the bottle, it will do the same after you open the bottle. The cool thing about cork is that it is highly elastic. The tiny hole that you made with the wine key is going to be inconsequential as the cork has already expanded to fill the voids (unless you broke the cork). Buy a spray preserver or vacuum pump. Either of these items protects the wine in the bottle from the air in the bottle. As you know, wine essentially turns into vinegar as it comes into contact with oxygen. And this happens fairly quickly. Cut open an apple and leave it there for an hour. The white flesh will turn brown. This organic reaction happens with the grapes in y
