I have a nice bottle of Port that I'd quite like a glass of - however, it's
quite an expensive bottle and I'm the only one who drinks it. Once opened,
how long should it be kept for? It's a bottle with a cork, not a screw top,
so difficult for me to re-seal it well.



al

Get a stopper from Willie Sonoma or some such place. Cover the left over
port with a nitrogen blanket. It will keep in the frig for several
months like that. Don't decant it, even if it old. It doesn't need it.
Cheers,
Kent

al wrote:
>
> I have a nice bottle of Port that I'd quite like a glass of - however, it's
> quite an expensive bottle and I'm the only one who drinks it. Once opened,
> how long should it be kept for? It's a bottle with a cork, not a screw top,
> so difficult for me to re-seal it well.
>
> al

"al" > wrote in message
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> I have a nice bottle of Port that I'd quite like a glass of - however,
it's
> quite an expensive bottle and I'm the only one who drinks it. Once
opened,
> how long should it be kept for? It's a bottle with a cork, not a screw
top,
> so difficult for me to re-seal it well.

Once opened, it should be consumed fairly quickly.
Pour it into a smaller bottle so that there is as little air in it as
possible....this will
help extend it's life.

Stace

al > wrote:

> I have a nice bottle of Port that I'd quite like a glass of - however, it's
> quite an expensive bottle and I'm the only one who drinks it. Once opened,
> how long should it be kept for? It's a bottle with a cork, not a screw top,
> so difficult for me to re-seal it well.

There are nine different kinds of port... which one do you mean? No one
will be able to give you a meaningful answer in the absence of any
information.

Generally, opened wood-matured ports will keep for much longer than
bottle-matured ones. For example, opened (and stoppered) bottles of
real aged tawny ports will keep for weeks and even months in the fridge,
retaining most of their quality; vintage ports, on the other hand, need
to be consumed in a day or three, especially as they need to be
decanted, owing to a lot of deposit - otherwise they will start to
resemble a much lower quality Late-Bottled Vintage or Vintage Character
ports very fast.

Victor

al wrote:
>
> I have a nice bottle of Port that I'd quite like a glass of - however, it's
> quite an expensive bottle and I'm the only one who drinks it. Once opened,
> how long should it be kept for? It's a bottle with a cork, not a screw top,
> so difficult for me to re-seal it well.
>
> al


I keep it refrigerated and just keep it towards the back where it's
colder. A cork seals better than a screw top.

I've had port stay good for over a month this way. :-)

Good stuff!

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"Stace" > wrote in message
...
> Once opened, it should be consumed fairly quickly.
> Pour it into a smaller bottle so that there is as little air in it as
> possible....this will
> help extend it's life.
>
> Stace

How quick is fairly quickly? A couple of days, weeks ... months?



a

"Kent H." > wrote in message
...
> Get a stopper from Willie Sonoma or some such place. Cover the left over
> port with a nitrogen blanket. It will keep in the frig for several
> months like that. Don't decant it, even if it old. It doesn't need it.
> Cheers,
> Kent

It's a 1982 vintage. Nothing to blow the world away, but no £5 plonk either





a

"al" > writes:
>
>I have a nice bottle of Port that I'd quite like a glass of - however, it's
>quite an expensive bottle and I'm the only one who drinks it. Once opened,
>how long should it be kept for? It's a bottle with a cork, not a screw top,
>so difficult for me to re-seal it well.

Wait to open it when you are on a crying jag... that should make your question
moot. I mean if the booze is worth drinking then drink it, otherwise donate it
to some homeless boozer who will truly appreciate the gesture.


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I've got 63 and 70 ports sitting around I have done that preservation
technique with, without any adverse effect. Port is high in ETOH, so it
lasts longer than 12% red wine without falling apart. However, if you
want to preserve the wine, cover it with the nitrogen blanket, as I said
before. The product I use is called "Private Reserve" Wine Preserver.
The most conservative approach would be to put the remaining port in a
small pharmacy bottle, that you fill to the top. Then, however, you
should probably decant it first.
Cheers,
Kent

al wrote:
>
> "Kent H." > wrote in message
> ...
> > Get a stopper from Willie Sonoma or some such place. Cover the left over
> > port with a nitrogen blanket. It will keep in the frig for several
> > months like that. Don't decant it, even if it old. It doesn't need it.
> > Cheers,
> > Kent
>
> It's a 1982 vintage. Nothing to blow the world away, but no £5 plonk either
>
>
> a

"al" > wrote in message
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> How quick is fairly quickly? A couple of days, weeks ... months?
>
Given my experience, a week or two, max.
YMMV.....
Stace

P*01 you've obviously never had Port!

PENMART01 wrote:
>
> "al" > writes:
> >
> >I have a nice bottle of Port that I'd quite like a glass of - however, it's
> >quite an expensive bottle and I'm the only one who drinks it. Once opened,
> >how long should it be kept for? It's a bottle with a cork, not a screw top,
> >so difficult for me to re-seal it well.
>
> Wait to open it when you are on a crying jag... that should make your question
> moot. I mean if the booze is worth drinking then drink it, otherwise donate it
> to some homeless boozer who will truly appreciate the gesture.
>
> ---= BOYCOTT FRENCH--GERMAN (belgium) =---
> ---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =---
> Sheldon
> ````````````
> "Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation."
>