How long does shop bought mulled wine keep?

[Steve vRS]

I found 2 bottles of mulled wine in the garage form last Christmas. I can't stand the stuff but we are having people over for nibbles before carol singing in the village tomorrow. Twee I know but hey, I'm an aspiring middle class powerfully built company director

Can I serve the wine without poisoning my guests?

[Puggit]

Another vRS owner watching with interest. I think we have some 3 year old mulled wine

[C0ffin D0dger]

It'll be fine. Alcohol is quite a good preservative.

[ladderino]

Yep will be fne, we had a load left over from last year, and it's all been fine so far.

[jas xjr]

if it did not keep well then there would be a best before date on it , surely.

its got booze in it , it will be fine as long as it has been stored in the rightish conditions.

[IanCress]

We had some a couple of weeks ago that was from the previous Christmas. It was perfectly fine.

If it was off you'd be able to tell straight away from the smell.

[Alex]

My wife buys a couple of bottles every year, although we rarely actually drink it. Got half a dozen bottles of the stuff currently.

Anyway, we opened and heated up the contents of a 3-year-old bottle last week and it was fine.

[Steve vRS]

Great. That means I can spend what I would have spent on mulled wine on Hobgoblin or Old Peculiar.

Thanks PH!

Merry Christmas

[Chicken Chaser]

I have a bottle of Sainsburys Finest, its 4 years old according to my wife but its 12% and theres no date on it. On the storage notes it does say thats it best consumed within 6 months of purchase.

Ill warm it up and smell it, i'm sure it'll be fine....