How Long to Keep White Wines

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carrie4g – When discussing aging you must keep in mind that not all wines, even those of the same varietal (or grape), year and winery, age the same. All wines are intrinsically different so aging really becomes more of an experiment or gamble, rather than an exact science. Unfortunately many people are confused about aging and believe that all wine (especially red) becomes better as it gets older. This causes them to age wine for way too long, trying to reach that mythical point of perfection until the wine is dead.

My recommendation would be to not worry about saving the wine in hopes of it getting better, but rather drink it whenever you’re in the mood to enjoy some white wine. Unless of course you are saving it for a special occasion then hopefully you bought several bottles and you can occasionally open one up to make sure that the wine is not passing it’s prime. But then again who’s to say the one person’s preference (or idea about a wine’s prime) is the same as another.

Sorry for being elusive, but you really should rely on your own taste buds as opposed to what the “experts” say…including me. [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/wink.gif[/img]

If you’re interested in more info on aging visit:
http://www.winecow.com/features/wc_myths_aging.asp