I have a couple of bottles of sparking wine in my fridge, which has been there for a couple of years. It's been stored upright, but it's corked with plastic stoppers. I'm expecting it to still "pop" if I open it but would the contents still be good or safe to drink? Thanks.
It will definitely be safe to drink. Sparkling wines with plastic corks are generally regarded as "drink as soon as possible" but if seal intact I ass ume it's not going to have changed that much. But of course who knows how l ong it had been bottled when you put in fridge? It might be oxidized or hav e lost its fizz, but it will be safe to drink. Tasty might be an issue, tho ugh. Only way to know is to open (and it's definitely not getting better!)
Thanks. As long as it's safe, I'll try it and see if it's palatable.
Yup. It will be absolutely safe. AFAIK wine never gets to the state where it is bad for your health, but 2 years at fridge temperature is almost as nothing in wine-aging terms.
Steve Slatcher wrote in news:m3o8et$vvt$ snipped-for-privacy@dont-email.me:
Biggest problem with a sparkling wine in a fridge is light. Sparkling wine is very sensitive to UV radiation and even the smallest light provides "gout de lumiere" (taste of light).
In most grower cellar in Champagnes you will find either special lamps that do not radiate UV or very dim lights.
Regards,
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OK, how much light does something get inside a fridge? :) Let assume the average fridge is open 5-10 minutes a day. OK, even on upper end (10 minutes) , and assuming the wine is on top shelf with unobstructed light, I assume the light is no more than the average retail store. So in
2 years you'd get about the same amount of light as say 10 days in a lit re tail environment. Unless I'm missing something (which is possible, I even posted on this thre ad without realizing I was signed into wife's google account).DaleW wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@googlegroups.com:
Cristal is probably bottled in a clear bottle for a mix of two reasons: one of them is perhaps historical, and the second one is because it is a very nice point of differentiation with other top cuv?es and since Cristal is more of a luxury product than a wine nowadays, a nice point of difference is too good of a thing.
Anyway, I think it is protected with some sort of paper tissue too, but I really lack experience with the wine. I tasted it a couple of times, one of them from the 2002 vintage and it was a nice wine but not worth the price tag for my wallet. Maybe it ages greatly, but I am not going ot experiment at such a price... where I would lean towards Krug NV.
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