Chilled Merlot

[matt1215 0]

Call me a rebel but for some reason, I like to chill red wine . It just seems a lot more refreshing to me when it's cold.

Anyone else like cold red?

[skymama 37]

It's actually supposed to be the temp of a French wine cave, or so I've heard. So that means that it should be chilled a little, I think to about 60 degrees. I'm usually too impatient to bother.

She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man,
because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon

[matt1215 0]

I didn't know that. Here I am, trying to be a rebel. Chilling my red, filling the improper glass to the brim; basically throwing all the wine etiquette my mom taught me out the window . Basically going for the wine-equivalent of running with scissors.

Turns out I'm not so far out, at least on one aspect.

[skymama 37]

Well, now you can teach you mom a thing or two. Here's something a quick Google search brought up.

She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man,
because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon

[Lindsey 0]

Is a French wine cave the same as any ol' cave??? just curious.

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[matt1215 0]

Sweet!! I'll have to chill some red when I go out to visit next week.

[PLFXpert 0]

I chill all my reds.

Geez, I live in Florida! "Room temperature" is 100 degrees!

I don't think that makes me a "rebel", though. Just a "southerner".

Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back.

[matt1215 0]

Well, Florida's definitely in 'the South'. Some of my Air Force buddies didn't seem to appreciate my reference to Texas as 'the South' when I was there . In either case, I don't see how you get much further south.

I agree that room-temperature is mighty high around here. We'll soon be in the season where electricity is insanely expensive to keep it down, even for an apartment .

[SBS 0]

you should try heating red wine in the winter. pretty darn good.

-S

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[PWScottIV 0]

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Call me a rebel but for some reason, I like to chill red wine . It just seems a lot more refreshing to me when it's cold.

Anyone else like cold red?

The fridge is a bit cold, but it should be cooler than typical room temp... About 60deg is pretty good.

Gravity Waits for No One.

[BIGUN 1,483]

If you have an automatic ice maker in your freezer - fill the kitchen sink about half way with cold water, take all the ice and throw it in the cold water, place the wine in the sink for about a minute. SLightly chilled wine AND new (rather than year old) ice in the bottom of your automatic ice maker.

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[micduran 0]

I have a wine cooler and keep the temp at about 58. Once the red has time to breath the temp is perfect for drinking. It takes only a few minutes to chill the white to good drinking temp.

Be patient with the faults of others; they have to be patient with yours.

[doug925 0]

I chill all my reds.
I like my wine at 65* or just below.
I turned the temperature setting all the way up on my wine fridge.
When I want a white(not very often), it goes into the freezer for a few minutes.

Doug.

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Winston Churchill