The Pouring Journal

A Steady Hand. A Perfect Pour.

Tips, recipes, and stories on pouring with precision — from kitchen oils to spirits, sealed between pours.

How Long Is Wine Good After Opening?

Opened wine lasts from about a day to a week by style. The ranges two wineries publish, how to spot a turned bottle, and what the fridge and a stopper do.

Bottle Sealers: Keep an Open Bottle Sealed

The ways to close an open bottle, from the original cap to a sparkling wine stopper to a lidded pourer, and what each one does and does not do.

Plastic Pour Spouts: Pros, Cons and Best Uses

What a plastic pour spout does, how Esatto's plastic and stainless pourers differ, and when a plain plastic pourer is the wrong choice for a bottle.