According to an article in today’s edition of The Times, Brits pour £470 million worth of wine down the drain every year – what a waste!
The figures, compiled for the Waste & Resource Action Programme (Wrap) are pretty shocking, revealing that 1.8 million tonnes of food and drink are chucked away, for the most part just because of bad planning/lack of desire to keep for later.
I don’t know about you, but if wine doesn’t get finished, (rare, I know) I just keep it aside and use it for cooking later in the week. I assumed everyone did that, but not according to these figures!
A few suggestions, with what to do with your left over wine:
- Freeze it into ice cubes and use for sauces. For red and white, although apparently Sherry doesn’t freeze well.
- Decant it into a half bottle, keep it in the fridge for a later date. It should keep for a good few days. For Red and white.
- Take out the cork, and replace it with a rubber one, it will last a bit longer.
- If you don’t want to drink it, keep it for cooking. Red for bolognese or gravy, and white for soups or sauces.
- Make it into vinegar
If you have any more suggestions, then do please let me know…
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Decanting it into a half bottle is a really cool way to do it. I have done this and resealed it with the cork then waxed the top and a bottle lasted a whole month. It almost tasted the same!
I usually try to vacuvin the wine and it lasts at least 3-4 days if I’m lucky.
I have never tried to make wine vinegar but I have heard this is possible and I’ve been temped to try accept I’m not sure what I’d use it for, since I don’t really care for vinegar.
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I work at a winery in the Yarra Valley (australia), and at functions we have at the Cellar Door, we find ourselves pouring away a whole lot of wine and beer…. any ideas for a bigger-scale wastage?
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