Smart Tip: Use a Canning Jar to Keep Leftover Wine For Up to a Week

Anjali Prasertong
Anjali Prasertong
Anjali Prasertong is a writer and public health dietitian focused on food systems, racial equity, and nutrition. Originally from Los Angeles, she has taught English in rural Japan, worked as a private chef in Malibu, and led an innovative city-funded corner store program in New Orleans that increased fresh food access in low-income neighborhoods. She was previously a contributing editor for The Kitchn, and currently lives in Denver with her husband and two kids.
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If you want to keep an open bottle of wine for more than a couple days, there are a lot of fancy gadgets out there to help you. But our friends at Food52 have a great video tip for keeping leftover wine in the refrigerator for up to a week — using just a canning jar and a kitchen towel.

Wine-saving gadgets work because they limit the wine’s contact with air, which contains the oxygen that causes wine to oxidize. Food52’s trick accomplishes the same goal using a jar that is slightly smaller than the amount of wine to be stored. The jar is placed on kitchen towel and filled to the very top. When the lid is screwed on, the jar should overflow a little, which lets you know there is no air between the lid and the wine. According to the wine experts who gave Food52 this tip, wine stored this way will last up to a week.

• Read more: Saving Leftover Wine at Food52

Have you ever tried this trick? How do you save leftover wine?

Related: Leftover Wine? Make Wine Syrup!

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