https://sommo.app/tags/open-wine/Recent content in Open Wine on Sommo — AI Wine Scanner, WSET Prep & Wine Journal AppHugoen-USSommoFri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://sommo.app/blog/how-to-keep-wine-fresh-after-opening/Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://sommo.app/blog/how-to-keep-wine-fresh-after-opening/<p>A wine bottle has 750 ml in it. A standard glass holds 150 ml. The math is unforgiving: most bottles are not finished in one sitting. The question is whether the rest of the wine in front of you is something you will look forward to tomorrow, or something you pour down the sink.</p> <p>Most home wine drinkers lose more money to oxidised half-bottles than to any other single inefficiency. A $30 bottle, half-finished and left on the counter overnight, can be undrinkable by lunch the next day. The good news is that wine preservation is one of the better-understood areas of wine chemistry, and the solutions range from free (with the right technique) to genuinely effective (with the right tools). This guide ranks the seven main methods, tested across multiple wine styles, by how long each one actually keeps wine drinkable.</p>