[Bettyanne]

My husband made a batch of red wine about 10 years ago from a wine making store, not at home. I have just uncovered a small bottle unopened, filled to top of bottle. It has been stored in a cold room, but somehow got moved to our bar in rec. room. Do you think it's safe to drink? I did taste and smelled it, both seemed OK, but I am afraid of poisoning. What are your thoughts?

[Abby24315]

I wouldn't because it could definitely have gone bad. A cheese ages but after a while, it gets moldy good luck!

[Alty]

I wouldnt because it could definetly have gone bad. a cheese ages but after a while, it gets moldy good luck!

I have to ask, how does an 11 year old child, such as yourself, gain knowledge about wine? I'd really like to see the research you did in order to answer this question. Or did you just guess?

[teacherjenn4]

I have to ask, how does an 11 year old child, such as yourself, gain knowledge about wine? I'd really like to see the research you did in order to answer this question. Or did you just guess?

And I just told her to stop giving advice to married people!

[Alty]

And I just told her to stop giving advice to married people!

I saw that post, it's been deleted.

Someone is going to have to monitor her and make sure she doesn't post on adult boards. She's far to young to be giving this sort of advice. People come here to get advice from experts, not 11 year old children.

[teacherjenn4]

I saw that post, it's been deleted.

Someone is going to have to monitor her and make sure she doesn't post on adult boards. She's far to young to be giving this sort of advice. People come here to get advice from experts, not 11 year old children.

I'll keep an eye out when I'm on.

[Alty]

I did report her post, so hopefully the mods are on it. :)

Now, before we hijack this OP's thread.

To the OP (original poster) was the wine corked, or was it a screw on cap?

How was the wine stored? Laying down, or standing up?

[jbhl]

Hello! I'm a microbiologist, to be general haha

Here are things you ought to remember... Wine and cheese do indeed age HOWEVER only in the right conditions. The humidity, light exposure, air exposure, whether since it's been bottled (I'm hoping by a professional so that airborne bacteria cannot fly into the bottle). Once you change the optimum conditions for a wine or cheese both of which are expected to age at certain conditions (you see mold and yeast are both fungi, the only difference where the airborne fungi can become yeast or mold is temperature! ONLY reason! Yeast at body temperature, mold at room temperature).

That considering... as long as it was bottled in a professional and CLEAN environment (in science words we'd say ASEPTIC) then it should be safe to drink. Any exposure to air by an amateur and I'd suggest not drinking decade old wine. Air is filthy.

[jbhl]

Hello! I'm a microbiologist, to be general haha

Here are things you ought to remember....Wine and cheese do indeed age HOWEVER only in the right conditions. The humidity, light exposure, air exposure, whether or not since it's been bottled (I'm hoping by a professional so that airborne bacteria cannot fly into the bottle). Once you change the optimum conditions for a wine or cheese both of which are expected to age at certain conditions (you see mold and yeast are both fungi, the only difference where the airborne fungi can become yeast or mold is temperature! ONLY reason! yeast at body temperature, mold at room temperature).

That considering....as long as it was bottled in a professional and CLEAN environment (in science words we'd say ASEPTIC) then it should be safe to drink. Any exposure to air by an amateur and I'd suggest not drinking decade old wine. Air is filthy.

Didn't even finish my sentence regarding condition changes -_-. Once you change the optimum conditions for wine and cheese and things like that, they start to go bad.

[J_9]

This has been moved to the Wine category for our resident wine expert to respond.

[Curlyben]

is this wine toxic? - NO, might taste unpleasant, as in way passed it's best or drinkability, but won't actually do you any physical harm.