| Red wine is often drunk at room temperature but | | | | always take the temperature of the wine if you |
| there's been a growing movement to encourage | | | | wanted to be accurate so you could ensure the |
| people to try it chilled! On a hot day everyone | | | | wine was served at this temperature next time. |
| knows a cold drink is much more refreshing, but | | | | The kitchen is the place where most people store |
| what temperature should red wine be served at? | | | | their wine and it's probably the worst place in the |
| Is it more important that it's been opened and left | | | | entire house. It'll be the room which gets warmest |
| to breathe? A light fruity wine might benefit from | | | | and then coolest - with heat cycling from cooking |
| an hour in the fridge, whereas a richer flavour red | | | | at least once a day in most homes making it a |
| should be sat in an unheated room for an hour or | | | | very temperature unstable room. You'll want to |
| two so it achieves it's best serving temperature in | | | | find a room preferably on the north side of your |
| the region of 14-18'C. The more body a wine has | | | | house - so then it doesn't heat up in the |
| the warmer it should be served. A rose wine can | | | | afternoon sun either, and one without excessive |
| be chilled for an hour and half to get to the | | | | room heating. Cellars are preferred for wine |
| temperature 10-12'C. | | | | storage because of their stable temperature |
| A wine will warm up as you pour it into glasses | | | | rather than the coolness. |
| and drink it anyway, so you might notice a | | | | It's certainly worth experimenting with red wine |
| difference in taste from when you start a bottle | | | | serving temperatures and keeping notes on what |
| to when you finish it. Make a note - and you could | | | | works for you. |