Posts Tagged ‘cooked wine’

Wine & Temperature

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

I have written about these wine storage and serving issues before, but I figured I’d re-print this short article written by a favorite wine writer of mine – Laurie Daniel.

Wine temrature

Article from San Jose Mercury News…

“Don’t Cook Your Wine” – Laurie Daniel, for the Mercury News 07/16/2008

Don’t cook your wine When you expose a bottle of wine to excessive heat, the liquid inside expands and can leak out or even push the cork out of the bottle, which allows oxygen to get into the bottle. The heat will also start changing the aromas and flavors.

IN YOUR CAR: Put it in a cooler or other insulated container. (more…)

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Wine Storage

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

I received an email today from a new friend asking whether or not I thought he should purchase a wine fridge. My emphatic response was YES!

wine fridge

Wine storage is an issue that does not always come up when discussing wine but it probably should. Mistakes from storing wine upright to keeping it in the kitchen or some other hot place (I did that once – and learned a lesson) can really damage that expensive bottle you have been saving for a special occasion. (more…)

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