The best way to chill wine quickly slip the bottle into an icy salt bath.
Riesling chilled or room temp.
There is an adage about wine serving temperatures that white wines should be served chilled and red wines should always be served at room temperature.
Red wines are perhaps the trickiest to get to the optimal temperature.
People who refer to this rule often make the mistake of serving red wine at temperatures in excess of 70 f the room temperature of many modern homes instead of the room temperature of 18th century europe obviously a very old rule.
On the other hand a wine that is too warm can accentuate certain flavors that will overpower the sip.
Too cold of a temperature will block flavor and aroma.
Serve white wines chilled.
What is the correct serving temperature for fine dessert wines like ice wine sauternes and very sweet rieslings.
Here are five wines to try chilled and how.
If your wines have been sitting out at room temperature first we recommend you read our article on how to store wine.
Our wine temperature serving guide shows why you serve different wines differently.
But don t go storing your bottles in the freezer.
But are we talking ice cold like champagne or cool cold like still whites.
Chill half of a bottle and try a pour of that and a pour of the same wine at room temp side by side to experience firsthand how temperature affects.
Sure serving temperature can be just personal preference but people tend to serve white wine chilled and red wine warmer about room temperature many folks believe the chillier the better when it comes to both red and white.
It can take an hour or two in a fridge to chill a white or bubbly down to the right temperature and there s no harm in sticking a too warm red in there for a little while too.
Does it depend on the wine.
Right now i m not discussing fortified wines.
The temperature at which you serve your wine significantly affects its flavors and aromas.
That s right each type of white wine has its own ideal.
This basic tenet seems to make sense but isn t necessarily true.
Well the proper answer isn t a clear yes or no for optimal enjoyment and to experience the true flavor and aroma of a white wine as the vintner intended it different types of white wines should be chilled but at slightly different temperatures.
No don t nab grandma s epsom salts.
Grab a bucket or container and add salt water and ice.
When a wine is too cold many of its precious notes flavors and scents are muted.
Now for the scoop on to chill or not to chill red wines.
Serve red wines at room temperature.
General rule of thumb.
Should white wine be chilled or should it actually be served at room temperature.
