![]() ![]() I keep the wine in the back of my bedroom closet that’s on an interior wall of the house so it doesn’t experience major temperature fluctuations. Remember these 3 important wine storage rules:ġ) Keep your wine away from light (natural and artificial),ģ) Keep it as cool as possible without freezing Ideally, we would all live in Italian villas with hand-hewn stone wine caves, but in the real world, you may just have a small space in your closet. The best way to store wine bottles is on their sides in a cool area of your house away from major temperature fluctuations (I’m looking at you, kitchen stove). What’s the Best Way to Store Wine If Not in the Fridge? Of course, cork failure will take quite a while to happen, so don’t worry if you’re just keeping a bottle with a cork in the fridge for a few weeks, but you wouldn’t want to store your wine with a natural cork in the fridge for months or years. This cooling system will dry out natural wine corks causing them to crumble when you try to remove them, or, worse, cause them to fail and air to get in through the cork, ruining your yummy wine. The cooling mechanism in your fridge sucks out moisture. You can store wines with screwcap closures or synthetic corks (plastic) in the fridge without any problems, but you shouldn’t store wines with corks in the fridge long-term. I got one of these as a present and use it regularly. ![]() Wine Chill Wands: This cool little gadget works by keeping it in the freezer just for occasions when you need to chill wine quickly. Pour out the water and ice cubes, then pour wine into the chilled glasses. Ice Cubes and Ice Water: Chill your wine glasses down with ice cubes and ice water while your wine is in the freezer for 20-30 minutes. This will take about 1 hour to chill down your bottle but is safer if you have the time and don’t want to mess with the freezer option. ![]() Wet Towel: Get a damp hand towel and wrap it around the bottle and stick it in the fridge. Set an alarm so you don’t forget it’s there, otherwise the wine will freeze and expand, pushing out the cork and shattering the bottle making a mess to clean up. The saltwater and ice bath will take about 15 minutes.įreezer: Stick the bottle in your freezer for about 30 minutes. Rotate the bottle so that all of the wine inside swirls around and comes into contact with the sides of the bottle. Place the bottle in the bowl so that all sides of the bottle are touching the water. Salt Water Bath: Fill a bowl with ice cubes and salt water. Here are some options for chilling down your white wine in a hurry: If you forgot to stick your white wine in the refrigerator overnight, you can still chill it down quickly. Here’s a basic go-to list for what wines need to be refrigerated: Category 1 - Really, really cold - take out of the refrigerator and serve immediately (It may be helpful to know that the average refrigerator is 37˚F (2˚C)) But exactly what wines do you need to refrigerate? Hot (mulled wine) (No fridge - common sense)Īs you can tell from the list above, 3 out 5 wine categories benefit from some type of chilling in your refrigerator. Sort of cold (Take it out of the fridge, let it sit for 20-30 minutes, pour and drink) Really, really cold (take it out of the fridge, pour immediately and drink)Ĭold (Take it out of the fridge, let it sit for 10-15 minutes, pour and drink) In the real world for normal people like you and me, we have these 5 options: Who’s sitting at home with their meat thermometer sticking out of a Champagne flute checking the temperature and waiting for the little monitor to tick off 45˚F?!?!? Recommended serving temperatures for wine down to the degree are just stupid for everyday people drinking wine at home. If you ask the internet what temperature to serve Champagne, the response is: 43–48˚F. Unsolicited Opinion: I think it’s silly how wine books list optimal temperatures for serving wine down to the degree. Here’s what you need to know about your fridge and wine. ![]()
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