Lovestotravel...
About alcohol lasting longer... It is unbelievable actually. Since I stopped drinking it seems that all the excuses that seem inevitable commitments to drink (i.e. people at home, something we have quite often) have disappeared.
We openned a bottle of wine for a guest who was here the first week of July. He drank two glasses. The rest of the bottle still there. Every other person coming to the house has refused to drink...