Matina Manandhar Jwagal, Lalitpur That is a tough question and impossible to answer with a basic explanation. The majorities of wines are made for immediate consumption, but will also be good to drink for a couple of years. In general, red wines age better than whites and certain grape varieties and wine styles age better than others: wines made from Cabernet Sauvignon can be very long-lived for example. Whether such wines improve with age is a subjective opinion: older wines trade some of their fruit and vibrancy for developed flavors, and it is a trade-off that some like more than others.