what is the shelf life of red wine once a bottle is opened?
this one is a screwcap bottle of red wine, fiddleback shiraz 2003 from victoria wine of australia, 13.5% vol.
and there is this VERMOUTH martini rosso from martini& rossi, italy, 16% vol.,
both bottles are screwcap and have been opened for almost two years now.
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Red wine is generally drinkable for less than a week, at least from a flavor standpoint. At two years, it’s long past time to dump it.
The vermouth is in slightly better shape, but not by a whole lot. While hard liquors will more or less last for decades, vermouth won’t. I’ve seen one year as the max life for open vermouth and similar ABV fortified wines.
For the red wine 2 days, for the vermouth 2 weeks. If they have been open for two years they won’t be fit for drinking now, you should throw them away.