Comments on: How To Store Open Wine http://www.urbanmonarch.com/how-to-store-open-wine/ Advice for a generation of men raised by women Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:17:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: nmathew http://www.urbanmonarch.com/how-to-store-open-wine/#comment-90427 nmathew Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:43:13 +0000 http://www.urbanmonarch.com/how-to-store-open-wine/#comment-90427 I felt the need to speak up. I found this site by searching for a cheap nitrogen delivery system to store food (read opened bottles of spirits) under. Nitrogen gas is inert in this context. A nitrogen molecule, such as those found in the air, has one of the strongest and most stable of all chemical bonds. Those bonds are broken by lightening and special biological processes. Nitrogen gas is lighter than "air" as air's major components are nitrogen, oxygen, argon, and carbon dioxide. Nitrogen is the lightest of those listed. The nitrogen wouldn't settle on the wine, it would displace the air and its roughly 20% oxygen. Argon is more expensive than argon to buy partially(mostly?) due to it's scarcity. I felt the need to speak up. I found this site by searching for a cheap nitrogen delivery system to store food (read opened bottles of spirits) under. Nitrogen gas is inert in this context. A nitrogen molecule, such as those found in the air, has one of the strongest and most stable of all chemical bonds. Those bonds are broken by lightening and special biological processes. Nitrogen gas is lighter than “air” as air’s major components are nitrogen, oxygen, argon, and carbon dioxide. Nitrogen is the lightest of those listed. The nitrogen wouldn’t settle on the wine, it would displace the air and its roughly 20% oxygen. Argon is more expensive than argon to buy partially(mostly?) due to it’s scarcity.

]]> By: laurel hastings http://www.urbanmonarch.com/how-to-store-open-wine/#comment-83570 laurel hastings Tue, 05 Feb 2008 02:13:15 +0000 http://www.urbanmonarch.com/how-to-store-open-wine/#comment-83570 red wines sold by the glass at restaurants can be on the shelf for a longer period and people keep ordering it. very rarely is there anyone who says that it tastes so bad they cannot drink it. red wines sold by the glass at restaurants can be on the shelf for a longer period and people keep ordering it. very rarely is there anyone who says that it tastes so bad they cannot drink it.

]]> By: cash http://www.urbanmonarch.com/how-to-store-open-wine/#comment-601 cash Fri, 29 Sep 2006 02:09:12 +0000 http://www.urbanmonarch.com/how-to-store-open-wine/#comment-601 Bongo, my favorite quote in awhile "partially used bottles are an easily avoided problem". Keep up the great comments! :-) Bongo, my favorite quote in awhile “partially used bottles are an easily avoided problem”. Keep up the great comments! :-)

]]> By: Bongo http://www.urbanmonarch.com/how-to-store-open-wine/#comment-580 Bongo Wed, 27 Sep 2006 08:59:18 +0000 http://www.urbanmonarch.com/how-to-store-open-wine/#comment-580 Those in the know seem to think that argon is the protective gas of choice. It has several advantages: * it is inert (unlike nitrogen) * it is heavier than air The second point results in the gas staying nicely put on the surface of the wine, creating a more stable barrier. Unfortunately, I haven't seen any 100% argon available in consumer packaging (but I haven't looked that hard either . . . partially used bottles are an easily avoided problem). Those in the know seem to think that argon is the protective gas of choice. It has several advantages:

* it is inert (unlike nitrogen)
* it is heavier than air

The second point results in the gas staying nicely put on the surface of the wine, creating a more stable barrier.

Unfortunately, I haven’t seen any 100% argon available in consumer packaging (but I haven’t looked that hard either . . . partially used bottles are an easily avoided problem).

]]> By: Glenn http://www.urbanmonarch.com/how-to-store-open-wine/#comment-574 Glenn Tue, 26 Sep 2006 21:31:50 +0000 http://www.urbanmonarch.com/how-to-store-open-wine/#comment-574 An experiment that lets me drink more wine? Count me in. An experiment that lets me drink more wine? Count me in.

]]> By: greg cerveny http://www.urbanmonarch.com/how-to-store-open-wine/#comment-572 greg cerveny Tue, 26 Sep 2006 20:24:28 +0000 http://www.urbanmonarch.com/how-to-store-open-wine/#comment-572 As a side note, check out this <a href="http://www.packagingdigest.com/articles/200503/52.php" rel="nofollow">article</a> that talks about a winery filling their bottles with nitrogen to combat changes from corks to screw tops. As a side note, check out this article that talks about a winery filling their bottles with nitrogen to combat changes from corks to screw tops.

]]> By: greg cerveny http://www.urbanmonarch.com/how-to-store-open-wine/#comment-571 greg cerveny Tue, 26 Sep 2006 20:22:54 +0000 http://www.urbanmonarch.com/how-to-store-open-wine/#comment-571 Some say they've kept bottles for monthes after opening it and spraying it in. That, in my opinion, is silly. I'm of the philosophy that life is to short not to drink good wine. Sometimes I only want 1 or 2 glasses a day, which for one person could technically stretch a bottle out to 5 days of drinking. I can understand not finishing a whole bottle by yourself, but a bottle should be able to be finished within a week. Have you noticed any differences between when you open your wine and after you store it vacuumed? Perhaps we should conduct an experiment next week: Purchase four bottles of a young red wine Open three, drink two glasses out of each Use three methods of storage: vacuum, nitrogen, and refigeration Wait three days, open the fourth bottle, and test against the rest. Some say they’ve kept bottles for monthes after opening it and spraying it in. That, in my opinion, is silly. I’m of the philosophy that life is to short not to drink good wine.

Sometimes I only want 1 or 2 glasses a day, which for one person could technically stretch a bottle out to 5 days of drinking. I can understand not finishing a whole bottle by yourself, but a bottle should be able to be finished within a week.

Have you noticed any differences between when you open your wine and after you store it vacuumed?

Perhaps we should conduct an experiment next week:

Purchase four bottles of a young red wine
Open three, drink two glasses out of each
Use three methods of storage: vacuum, nitrogen, and refigeration
Wait three days, open the fourth bottle, and test against the rest.

]]> By: Glenn http://www.urbanmonarch.com/how-to-store-open-wine/#comment-569 Glenn Tue, 26 Sep 2006 19:22:54 +0000 http://www.urbanmonarch.com/how-to-store-open-wine/#comment-569 How long does the nitrogen method preserve wine? I've been using the vacuum and don't have any complaints -- but I do polish the bottle off within a day or two. How long does the nitrogen method preserve wine? I’ve been using the vacuum and don’t have any complaints — but I do polish the bottle off within a day or two.

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