I spend a great deal of time speaking with folks about just how long a bottle of wine will last after it is open.  Those of you who know me know that I always use the words “about” or “approximately” when I speak about wine.  I seldom think about having left over wine.  It pretty much is a general rule in my life that once open, no one leaves until it is gone.  I don’t purchase things that suck air out or pump things into an open bottle of wine.  Simply put, I would rather put my money into the product and not the tools to play with the product!  Sooner or later we all find out that yes, the wine does have a shelf life.  Just like us!  Those who have attended my wine trainings and wine seminars know that wine really does not go bad so to speak but rather it falls apart.  Just like us!  Wine is built and created using hundreds of chemical compounds that bind together, that is the science of enology and good wine does not just happen all by itself.  The skill of the winemakers along with the quality of fruit goes a very long way in this part science and part art creation.  We would like to think that all wine would age well, just like we would like to believe that we will all age well.   But reality reminds us that is not always the case.  Shelf life is real.   Some will have a longer and smoother and softer one than others.  One thing I know for sure is that we all have one…just like that 2002 bottle of Claret. Cheers!

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