# Will white wine keep in the fridge? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** wine\ **Created:** [April 29, 2012, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-white-wine-keep-in-the-fridge/620372 "2012-04-29T23:23:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-white-wine-keep-in-the-fridge/620372/1 "2012-04-29T23:23:57Z")
Asking for Mom, who wants to cook with it, but never drinks the stuff. Personally, I’ve never had it long enough to go bad… ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-white-wine-keep-in-the-fridge/620372/2 "2012-04-29T23:27:39Z")
Yes, it will keep for a while. I’m not sure how long, but I’d go with about 2 weeks? She could always buy a 4-pack of little bottles- they’ll keep unopened for a long time. ---
**Author:** ![miss\_elizabeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@miss\_elizabeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miss_elizabeth)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-white-wine-keep-in-the-fridge/620372/3 "2012-04-29T23:38:13Z")
In America’s Test Kitchen they recommend using box wine (which is actually quite good these days) because the seal is pretty much airtight and keeps on the shelf for quite a long time. They make much smaller boxes now (and the wine in those is better as well), so personally I think that’s the best choice. ---
**Author:** ![tellyworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@tellyworth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tellyworth)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-white-wine-keep-in-the-fridge/620372/4 "2012-04-29T23:48:53Z")
I keep a cheap bottle of white wine in my fridge for cooking, sealed with a screw cap. It takes me at least several weeks to finish a bottle, and it’s fine for cooking. I’m sure the taste probably changes, but it certainly doesn’t turn to vinegar in that time. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-white-wine-keep-in-the-fridge/620372/5 "2012-04-29T23:49:26Z")
I’ve kept some in the fridge for several days without a problem. The best way is to buy one of those little vacuum insert thingies to evacuate the air, and then put it in the fridge. You can buy the hand pump kind for not much at all. But I go through wine pretty quickly, and only use those for red wine, which doesn’t go in the fridge. For white, I just put the cork back in (or screw the top back on), and it’s good to go. ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-white-wine-keep-in-the-fridge/620372/6 "2012-04-30T12:26:11Z")
Pour the wine into muffin tins, freeze, then transfer to a ziplock bag. Each wine puck is about half a cup and can go straight from frozen into whatever dish you’re making. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-white-wine-keep-in-the-fridge/620372/7 "2012-04-30T12:28:08Z")
I always have bottles of leftover white and red in the fridge for cooking. For cooking, they last a LONG time, like a month or more. The taste will change as it gets older, but not typically so much that it affects the food. For drinking, you can taste a difference in most whites after 3-4 days, reds a little less. ---
**Author:** ![LaurenIpsum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@LaurenIpsum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LaurenIpsum)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-white-wine-keep-in-the-fridge/620372/8 "2012-04-30T12:31:39Z")
Another recommendation from America’s Test Kitchen is to keep a bottle of vermouth in the fridge for cooking. Since it’s fortified, it will keep indefinitely. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-white-wine-keep-in-the-fridge/620372/9 "2012-04-30T14:09:19Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > But I go through wine pretty quickly, and only use those for red wine, which doesn’t go in the fridge. Opened reds that you have recorked for later use should go in the fridge. They will last longer, but you have to bring them out to warm to room temperature before drinking. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-white-wine-keep-in-the-fridge/620372/10 "2012-04-30T15:02:08Z")
Another vote for “keep it for months if it’s for cooking purposes”. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-white-wine-keep-in-the-fridge/620372/11 "2012-04-30T19:00:35Z")
Yes, months. I have a little vacuum-seal hand pump with rubber “corks” for the bottles, and it keeps for quite a long time indeed. Never noticed the taste changing. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-white-wine-keep-in-the-fridge/620372/12 "2012-04-30T19:29:00Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Yes, months. I’m not saying that this is impossible, or that your palate my not be fine tuned, but I have a hard time believing this for any reasonable wine. Once opened, wine will begin to degrade and vacuum sealing only goes so far. One or two weeks is the best you should reasonably expect to get from a good bottle of wine. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-white-wine-keep-in-the-fridge/620372/13 "2012-04-30T20:31:54Z")
+1 for getting the mini 4-packs and/or freezing the leftovers. Frozen cubes are awfully convenient to have on hand.