Nutritionist Better not to store sparkling wine and champagne for too long

Those who have a good bottle of champagne or sparkling wine often pick them up for very special occasions. For too long, the bottles should not be stored, because the carbon dioxide disappears over time. The taste is less.
On festive days, good drinks are also booming. Sparkling wine, sparkling wine, champagne or even beer have one thing in common: carbon dioxide. The question of the shelf life of carbonated drinks regularly comes up at the end of the year. The experts from TÜV SÜD give tips on storage so that this volatile component does not escape prematurely.

Be it expensive champagne, which has been waiting for a long time for a good opportunity, or the forgotten Christmas beer from the Advent calendar, which has not yet been used: If the contents of the bottle after opening no longer foams or tastes stale, the drink is a disappointment.

Only because festive drinks such as beer, wine and alcoholic soft drinks usually experience a preservative effect by the alcohol, they are far from indefinite shelf life. Although they are brought to market in optimal condition, they are sensitive to external influences. Overlays, incorrect storage, changes in the product due to low amounts of oxygen in the bottle and the influence of light (mainly fluorescent lamps) are the causes of changes in the quality of carbonated drinks. If the storage time goes beyond the two years, flavoring flavors are degraded or changed over time. In addition, a small amount of carbon dioxide escapes constantly through the cap, so that the ability to pearl is slowly lost.

To prevent this happening prematurely, sparkling wine is best stored standing. What many consumers do not know: Stone shelves or clay pipes can cause scratches in the outer surface of glass bottles. Anyone who uses them to store his expensive drinks should definitely put the bottles in, not push them in. Attention must be paid to an undamaged bottle cap.

Sparkling wine is very sensitive to light: it is therefore recommended to store in the dark. Opened bottles should be provided with a sparkling wine bottle cap as soon as possible, so that the carbon dioxide is not lost so quickly. Nevertheless, in the fridge, sparkling wine only lasts for a maximum of one day before it becomes stale and loses its bouquet.

Beer can hardly spoil from a microbiological point of view. However, the holiday beer should not get old. In order to taste fresh and tasty, it has to be protected against carbonic acid loss, cloudiness and aroma degradation. Beers are sensitive to large fluctuations in temperature, to movements such as shaking and light. If stored too long, color and taste change. The barley juice should be stored at 5 to 15 degrees and dark. (Sb)