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is ruined by being too warm than too cold. A wine that is served too
cold is easily warmed, but a wine served too warm can be difficult to
chill. Therefore, when in doubt, serve it colder than you might think
necessary. A wine that is too warm tastes alcoholic and is not a pleasure
to drink.
In general,
white wines are served cooler than red wines.
These serving
temperatures should be used as guidelines. 65°F / 18°C would be the
equivalent of leaving the wine out at room temperature for about 4 hours.
39°F / 4°C can be achieved by leaving the bottle in the refrigerator
for about 4 hours.
65°F /
18°C
Australian Shiraz, California Cabernet Sauvignon, Rh°ne Wines, Vintage
Port
63° /
17°C
Bordeaux, Ch°eauneuf-du-Pape, Ribera delDuero, South African Pinotage
and Catalonian, Chilean, and Australian Cabernet
61°F /
16°C
Red C°te d'Or Burgandy, southern French Reds, southern Italian reds,
Rioja, Toro, Australian and California Pinot Noir, Tawny and Ruby Ports
50°F /
15°C
C°te Chalonnaise, Douro red table wines, young Zinfandel, Oregon Pinot
Noir, New Zealand Cabernet and Pinot Noir, Oloroso and Cream sherries,
Bual and malmsey Maderias
57°F /
14°C
Chinon, Bourgueil, northern Italian and Washington State Cabernet Sauvignon,
Valpolicella, young Chianti
54° °
55°F / 12 ° 13°C
Young Beaujolais, red Sancerre, Bardolino, Lago di Caldaro, young Sanish
and Portuguese reds, vin de pays
50°F /
10°C
California and Australian Chardonnay, Sauternes, top white C°te d'Or
Burgundy, sweet German Wines, Rhine and Mosel Kabinett and Sp°tlese,
Tokay, Australian liqueur Muscat, Italian oaked Chardonnay, oaked white
Rioja, Fino and Amontillado Sherries, sercial Maderia, white Port
48°F
/ 9°C
Good white Pessac-L°ognan and Graves, north-eastern Italian whites,
Washington State Chardonnay, Chilean Chardonnay, Australian Semillon,
New Zealand Chardonnay
46°F /
8°C
Alsace, Chablis, C°te Chalonnaise and m°connais whites, dry German wines,
Franken wines, Austrian Riesling, English wines, Australian Reisling,
Cabernet and grenache ros°
45°F /
7°C
Good Champagne and Sparkling wine, Sancere, new York State, Chilean
and New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc
43°F /
6°C
White Bordeaux, Muscadet, Anjou, other Sauvignons, Asti, unoaked white
Roja
41°F /
5°C
Qba German wines, Soave, young Spanish and Portuguese whites, Vinho
Verde, Swiss Chasselas, Austrian Gr°ner Veltliner, cheap ros°
36° °
39°F / 2 ° 4°C
Cheap sparkling wines
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