What's the right temperature to serve your wine?
Ice cold
Ice cold temperature ranges from 38-45°F
Cold
Cold temperature ranges from 45-55°F
Cellar temperature
Cellar temperature ranges from 55-60°F
Room temperature
Room temperature ranges from 60-68°F
Too cold
Your wine might be served too cold if it’s lacking aroma and tastes sour. This is a common problem for white wines stored in the refrigerator. Cup bowl with your hands to warm your glass.
Too hot
Your wine might be too hot if the aroma burns your nose and smells medicinal. This is common with higher alcohol red wines that are stored in ambient home temperatures. Cool the bottle for 15 minutes.
Wine Storage
Storing opened wine
Wines quickly deteriorate when expose to oxygen of ambient home temperatures. So store open wines in a chiller at 50-55°F (10-13°C). If you don’t have a wine chiller, store open wines in your fridge and let them get cold for about an hour before serving.
Aging wine
The ideal storage temperature is 50-55°F and 75% humidity. Wine ages four times faster stored in a pantry or closet. Bottles stored in a variable temperature environments are also more likely to develop wine faults. So if you plan to age wine for longer than a year, look into purchasing a wine fridge or related cellaring solutions.
