Salut/Hi Bobby,

le/on Mon, 3 Oct 2005 10:18:43 +0100, tu disais/you said:-

>Thanks very much for all of the informative replies.

>It sounds to me that I should really drink the bottle the evening I open it
>but it will be OK the second night - but no longer.

It's not a matter of "2 days is fine - 3 is not" it's more that after in
initial improvement (if decanted) the wine will start to become affected by
air. In most people's experience, the effect is not too serious 24 hoursa
afterwards, but can become a little too marked to get great pleasure from
the wine after 48, that's all.

>I presume that I can drink it the third night without ill-effects?

Absolutely.

>Is there a time-limit when the wine might actually do you some physical
>harm?

Nope. Well ---- it depends whether you regard drinking vinegar as being
harmful!!!

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