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Sweetooth, in addition to the good advice that WG gave you, you should also know that opened shelflife varies not only from wine to wine, but from brand to brand of a specific wine. This is a valuable feature in the annual guides that Andrea Immer Robinson puts out. Look for her "2006 Wine Buying Guide for Everyone." She gives a lot of detailed information including opened shelflife about 700 of the most popular wines sold in America from all over the world. Amazon has it if you can't find it anywhere else.