Last weekend we had some folks over for dinner. I needed to chill the red wine so I put it out on our deck. No one wanted red wine, so I forgot it out there. The weather has since changed for the worst and it has been outside in below-freezing weather.
So. What can I do with it now? Is it good for anything besides emptying onto my compost pile?
Granted, it’s not some $70 bottle so it’s not a tragedy that I ruined it. I just hate to waste anything that might still be usable.
I’m no oenophile (“I never even looked at another man!”), but this place seems to think it’s probably not going to ruin it. I think their suggestion of using it for cooking is a good backup plan, too.
The wine is almost certainly OK. Wine contains alcohol :rolleyes: . This acts as an anti-freeze. As long as the cork has not been forced out of the bottle, then the wine has not been frozen. So it’s OK. Drink and enjoy.
The wine is almost certainly still drinkable, however, there is a good chance that the cork shrank enough to let in air. I would recommend opening it soon; treat it like a bottle that has already been opened.
Do not, I repeat do not drink that wine. The only safe thing to do with it is to donate it to science for study. E-mail me for an address to send it to for proper testing.
bare, R. OenPH
I agree it is drinkable, so long as it did not actually freeze, or have the cork loosen. If it was only in the high 20’s/low 30’s, it’s likely fine.
Sure, alcohol is an anti-freeze of sorts, but wine isn’t exactly moonshine. It will freeze pretty easily, just like beer. But even at that it should still be fine.
Drink up!