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opened a bottle of dry white wine?will it keep?

i opened it and now dont fancy it,will it keep with clingfilm on the top(i havent got a propper top to put back on,cheers for answers shall i put it in the fridge?ta

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1. put the cork back in... better than left open. never seen wine bottles with clingfilm on..
2. Will start to turn to vinegar after a day or so. Clingfilm will not keep the air out properly.
3. use aluminum foil if you lost the cork
4. I am not sure of the shelf like for whites. I usually drink it, lol. but my dad told me a great thing of advice if you don't like the drink "Why savor it, drink it."
5. Oxygen is what will spoil it. Insert a cork and leave it on it's side. The cork will absorb the liquid and keep out the oxygen. Or, you could just send it to me! Cheers!
6. Put a tea spoon down the neck of the bottle. It works with champagne, so give it a go!
7. It will last a couple of days I think. Keep it in the fridge.
8. why wold you keep it if you don't like it? well you can takes some renyolds wrap and fold it and shape it to go into the top, but will not keep anylonger than a few days even with a wine cork in it, after you open a bottle of wine, without one of those expensive things that takes out all the air, after 2 days have to throw it out you could use it for cooking
9. turn the cork upside down so it will fit. also so may want to put it on the fridge.... red wines stay out white wines stay in
10. According to Pontac "There have been many similar questions previously on this subject and so I have been experiementing. I tasted a bottle of cheap red that had been first opened two weeks ago, then the screw cap replaced and kept in fridge since. If you don't want to finish the entire bottle then recork it as quick as you can and put bottle upright in fridge door. The cold slows down detrioration of the wine -- for the same reason why you keep other foods in the fridge. How long the wine remains drinkable depends on the wine. Basically the stronger and younger the wine is, the longer it keeps well. Once a wine is opened oxygen gets to it and starts to affect it. Oxygen can be good in the short term -- that is why people decant red wines, let them 'breathe' and open bottles some time before drinking. It softens a tanninc wine. So it may be that a wine that you've kept in the fridge for three days actually tastes better than when first opened. But at some stage the wine will deteriorate. This happens slowly, but gradually you'll find it is less fruity, gets a bit 'sharper' tasting, more acidic. It still won't make you sick. In fact it never will, you just will not want to drink it because it doesn't taste good long before the wine gets harmful - if it ever does. If you expect to keep the opened wine longer than three days you could put it in the freezer instead of the fridge. Slowly thaw it before you want to drink it. It will taste about the same as as if it had been kept opened for three days. Another option is to look for the single serving size bottles which are more common these days. And what about the wine that had been in my fridge for two weeks? Well -- to be honest - I have had wine that tastes like that when I have bought wine by the glass in a bar. Thin and sour and I didn't want to drink any more of it. :) But it won't make you sick. Rule of thumb -- if it smells OK and tastes OK, it is OK."
11. Wine does skunk...because of the sugars, etc as they break down...Usually 5-7 days tops depending...you will definitely be able to smell it when it does skunk....
12. Put a tiny amount of oil in the bottle, yet enough to form a very thin film to prevent the wine oxidising. Now put it where it won.t get shaken. This is common in France.