A quick weekend thought on wine

I've never really been able to figure out why some wines last better overnight than others, or for that matter, which wines its best to buy "fresh" vs. "aged." On the second point, I just tend to let the producers and the wine buyers set things up for me. But on the first point, I finally learned something useful today thanks to the excellent economics blogger, Felix Salmon - via UCLA via some paper on google docs.

So, after the most random and rambling intro ever - what I learned - and what makes sense - is that organic wine doesn't keep well overnight. A major problem though, is that getting certified to be organic costs a lot of money, but having an organic label, means your wine gets sold for less. So, many wine makers go organic - and nix the sulfites - but don't label their bottles as such. Which, may mean that you open a bottle of non-labeled organic wine one night, and find it quite awful the next.

Given this information, I suggest you follow my rule of thumb and finish your bottle of wine the night you open it - whether you're drinking alone or with a lover or friends - drink that wine down, or be ready to use it for cooking tomorrow.