Re-corking

[Kcwhippet]

OK, Ryan, here's the bad news. If you drink a glass or two from a bottle and recork it then put it on the counter for a few days, particularly in SoCal, the wine is toast. The two greatest enemies of wine are oxygen and heat. Once you open the bottle, oxygen starts working on the wine. Admittedly the small diameter of the wine bottle doesn't let in a large amount of air, but enough gets in to affect the wine. I don't know what the temps are in your home, but over the past few weeks it's been pretty brutal everywhere I've been - from NorCal to MA. So, you can retard the process by putting the corked bottle in the fridge after you've had a glass or two. Even better is to get a can of Private Preserve from your local wine shop. It's a combination of inert gases that you squirt into the bottle, recork then put into the fridge. That can help the wine last as much as a week. The Private Preserve costs about $10 in your local fine wine shop. Incidentally, about where are you in SoCal, because one of this Board's denizens has a fabulous wine shop in the LA area.