{"id":2469,"date":"2014-02-27T23:23:30","date_gmt":"2014-02-27T23:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/?p=2469"},"modified":"2014-02-27T23:23:30","modified_gmt":"2014-02-27T23:23:30","slug":"should-you-chill-red-wine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/should-you-chill-red-wine\/","title":{"rendered":"Should You Be Chilling Your Red Wine?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/red-wine.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1833\" alt=\"red wine\" src=\"http:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/red-wine.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"290\" \/><\/a>The answer to the question is an unequivocal yes, and no. The traditional adage says to serve white wines cold and red wines at room temperature, but traditional wisdom appears out of synch with recent studies that indicate the temperature range most of us prefer to drink red wines is much cooler than room temperature in most contemporary American homes and restaurants.\u00a0 But first and foremost, what is room temperature?\u00a0 Room temperature varies from season to season and locale to locale.\u00a0 In addition, the term doesn\u2019t take into account modern heating and air conditioning, which greatly alter the temperature of a room.\u00a0 Moreover, when the conventional wisdom of serving red wine at room temperature came into vague in England and France centuries ago, room temperature was 55\u00b0- 62\u00b0 F most of the year, if you were lucky.<\/p>\n<p>Not surprisingly, university studies confirm that the vast majority of wine drinkers garner the most flavor and pleasure from red wines consumed between 55\u00b0- 65\u00b0 F, which is decidedly cooler than room temperature in most American homes.\u00a0 Consequently, the term room temperature is useless to most of us today with central heating and air conditioning.\u00a0 If one wants to enjoy a good bottle of red wine in July in Arizona or Southern California, room temperature will hardly make the grade, so why not put the bottle of red wine in the refrigerator for 20 minutes to bring it down below 65\u00b0 F.\u00a0 And there\u2019s no law that says you can\u2019t chill red wine further, if you prefer it that way.\u00a0 One wine drinker\u2019s loss of flavor is another\u2019s perfect potion, so as you like it.<\/p>\n<p>Salute!<br \/>\nDon<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget that you can order your favorite wines at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/reorder-your-favorite-wines.htm\" target=\"_blank\">www.WineMonthClub.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The answer to the question is an unequivocal yes, and no. The traditional adage says to serve white wines cold and red wines at room temperature, but traditional wisdom appears out of synch with recent studies that indicate the temperature range most of us prefer to drink red wines is much cooler than room temperature [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[7,11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Should You Be Chilling Your Red Wine? | Wine Blog from The International Wine of the Month Club<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Many folks don&#039;t understand whether you should or should not chill red wine. 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