Chilling Wine Chart

Whether you can't tell your Chardonnays from your Pinots or you consider yourself something of an aficionado, it's important to store and chill wine at its proper temperature. This simple wine chart can help.




Eat, Drink and Enjoy Life you never know when its your time.........

I'm usually"chillin" before my wine is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The very best way to chill a bottle of wine is in a bucket of ice and
water. Fill the ice bucket up about about 3/4 full of ice mixed with
water. Bury the base of the bottle of wine in the ice and allow it to
chill for about 30 minutes. You can also chill wine in the
refrigerator, but it will take a good three hours to chill to an
appropriate serving temperature.
If left in the refrigerator too long (a few days), you risk producing a
corked wine. Also remember that wine and freezers are not friends. No
matter how tempting it is to just pop a bottle in the freezer for "just
a few," resist the temptation and save your wine!
The bucket of ice and water,"no frills" method for chilling wine is
tried and true and will leave you with wine at its best.

http://wine.about.com/od/storingwines/qt/servingtemps.htm

Anyone would think that you were a 'sommelier' Alpy.....?








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Good tip - if you are in a hurry and the ice is really 'hard' throw some salt into it - it will make it melt which makes it easier to get the bottle right into the cooler!

Are these 'desperate' measures

or for those who have not planned ahead?




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........for the likes of me when friends turn up unannounced!!!! (and I have already got stuck into the one I had in the fridge)....Trust me it works LOL

Hic... ok.... I believe you....





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Dell wrote:Anyone would think that you were a 'sommelier' Alpy.....?









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More of an alchy than an "Alpy"?

quality not quantity........................

I just don't keep it long enough to let it warm up :-)