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Anonymous asked in Food & DrinkBeer, Wine & Spirits · 3 weeks ago

Found bottles of wine that are half empty but closed. They have been sitting for at least ten years. Safe to drink?

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  • 3 weeks ago

    NOPE!!!!!!!

    If anything, put them up as show items, but drinking them will NOT give you the effect you would want.

    For one thing, it's definitely corked.

  • ?
    Lv 6
    3 weeks ago

    try it and see , you will either be sick or drunk . Only a troll can ask such a silly question .

  • 3 weeks ago

    If something got out then something could have gotten in. Throw them out.

  • 3 weeks ago

    I would definitely give it the ol smell taste and even if you barely take a sip it wont harm you to give it a good lil sip teste

  • Anonymous
    3 weeks ago

    I wouldn't risk it. What you might want to do is rinsing / cleaning them and seeing 

    if a local collector wants to buy them as decoration.

    Source(s): I found a bunch of unopened bottles sorting through stuff that'd been in my storage unit for about 10 years .. Cheap ones though (Yellow Tail) so just threw them away in the dumpster.
  • kswck2
    Lv 7
    3 weeks ago

    Half empty but still sealed simply means that the seal broke somehow. So what is contained in the bottles is probably nothing more than vinegar. Open one up-but preferably in a well ventilated area. 

  • 3 weeks ago

    No.  I'd toss them.

  • 3 weeks ago

    Safe, but indistinguishable from vinegar. Very, very nasty.

  • Tony B
    Lv 4
    3 weeks ago

    Unless they are contaminated with something they should be “safe” to drink but I'd expect them to look, smell and taste absolutely terrible!

    I wouldn't even think of trying them.

  • ?
    Lv 6
    3 weeks ago

    I would say  "NOOOOOOO".

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