Storing Port after opening

[Sillygoose]

What is the best way to store a bottle of port after opening?

How long should it last?

[Bucko]

Tawny or Vintage?

[Thomas]

Bucko, I did not think it made a difference.

Generally, port will not live long after the bottle has been open, unless you take some precautions, like a nitrogen blanket et al.

I do the same with port as I do with table wine; pour the unused into a smaller bottle, unless it is an old port.

[Bucko]

You can store a Tawny for upwards of a month after opening, Vintage only about a week..... at least this is what I read. The stuff never lasts that long around my place.

Bucko

[Thomas]

Yeah, once a bottle of port gets opened around here there is no need to count days...

[n144mann]

Bucko, I have read the same thing about the vintage verses the wood-aged tawnys. Tho my own experience is like yours and Foodies....who has it around that long! [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/wink.gif[/img]

Nancy