Repair Your Bad Wine Serving Habits

I do not have a wine cellar. I usually just put my wine in the lower kitchen cabinet behind the maple syrup. Im not worried, I know just what to do when its time to enjoy that favorite bottle of wine that should be served chilled. Ive learned the basic wine chilling tips in order to avoid disaster. Some good wine chilling advice that wine enthusiast should know is to never chill wine in the freezer. Avoid the freezer at all cost. Also, do not leave wine in the fridge for days. That mistake will make your wine taste corked. Temperature and the chilling process certainly affects the taste of you favorite wine. To reach a good serving temperature, wine is best chilled in the traditional ice bucket. (Buy an ice bucket its alot less then the cost of a wine cellar). Fill a wine bucket with half ice and half water and chill the wine in there for 30 minutes before serving.

Serving temperatures:

(a) Red table wines should be left standing in the dining room approximately 24 hours before the meal for allowing any sediment to settle, and then brought to room temperature.

(b) White and Rose wines are served slightly chilled (around 50'F.), and one hour on the shelf of a refrigerator will bring them to the right temperature.

(c) Champagnes and other sparkling wines take longer to chill and should be left in the refrigerator for a few hours or ice chilled in a wine bucket.

Optimal Wine Serving Temperatures :

White Wines: 45-50 °F or 7-10 °C
Red Wines: 50-65 °F or 10-18 °C
Rosé Wines: 45-55 °F or 7-13 °C
Sparkling Wines: 42-52 °F or 6-11 °C
Fortified Wines: 55-68 °F or 13-20 °C

I hope this information is helpful and inspires you to serve your wine at the correct temperature.

Sheri Brewer

General Manager

Lodging & Hospitality Expert

French Champenoise Wine in ABQ?

For the Love of Sparkling Wine

Visitors and locals of Albuquerque will appreciate a visit to the Gruet Winery. Located at 8400 Pan-American Freeway N.E. Albuquerque, New Mexico. This fine winery produces award winning wines and sparkling wines! This fabulous winery has brought years of combined experience and knowledge in the traditional French champenoise method which you can experience!

Originally from the Champagne region of France, the Gruet family began making champagne in 1952. Then in 1984, Laurent Gruet and Farid Himeur launched their now famous Gruet Winery, bringing their many years of combined experience and rich tradition of champagne making to Albuquerque, New Mexico.

In 1989, Gruet's first two sparkling wines were introduced to a very excited wine world. Impressed wine critics and connoisseurs alike were astonished by the quality and the value. These two wines were the beginning of uplifting Gruet Winery as a competitive wine producer and placed New Mexico on the map as a serious wine producing region.

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Sheri Brewer

General Manager

Lodging & Hospitality Expert