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So, your cousin visited you recently and brought a couple of bottles of good South African wine and you want to store the bottles for a special occasion. You ve heard that red wine should be stored at room temperature but you re wondering which room and in which season does the red wine temperature get taken! You don t even know if there is a red wine grape let alone an optimal temperature for storing your wine.

The cousin told you that red wine temperature in South Africa is definitely room temperature in winter but that the wine has to be chilled when served in summer. He also mumbled on about visiting the various cellars of the Cape Winelands and observing that the red wine temperature in these cellars is optimal for the varietals. He could quite easily have spoken to you in South African Afrikaans for all that you understood of his explanations

Time To Type Red Wine Temperature Into Your Google Searchbar!

You ll find loads of information on the internet including set degrees for red wine temperature based on storing the different types of red wine. The less complicated explanations will give you a general description though of what constitutes a reasonable room temperature for serving. You will also find references to cellar temperature which is the temperature at which you should be storing your two precious gift bottles. You ll probably find that the average red wine temperature, i.e. a temperature at which most varietals will keep well, to be recommended around 55 degrees.

The main reason for being particular about red wine temperature for both storage and serving is, of course, the end taste. Red wines have a strong taste that can be a little ascerbic on the palate if served at a warmish room temperature. When the red wine temperature is just slightly reduced, the alcohol in the wine does not give one that unpleasant bite that tends to put off many people who are new to red wine sampling. This bite is what is inclined to make the regular white wine drinker stick to his / her wine of choice rather than try out the marvellous varieties of red wine on the market today.

Most good red wine should be stored for some time to make the most of its taste as it contains tannin which needs to mellow with time in order to be fully appreciated along with the other aspects of the wine-making process. The main idea is that you savour and enjoy your red wine and that you do not serve it too warm.

Wine has made its way right across the globe, into the homes and hearts of many. It is undeniably one of the most popular alcoholic beverages found in your local supermarket and liquor store today. In a way wine has achieved world domination and has left other alcoholic beverages to eat it s dust. Wine is steeped in history, tradition, romance, elegance and sophistication.

It is quite a pity that wine has lost some of it s former prestige in certain countries around the globe. This is mainly due to the fact that in those countries wine is sold cheaply at prices that are affordable to people who see it as nothing more than a way to get really drunk on a tight budget. In other places in the world wine is revered and admired and the process of nurturing the perfect red wine has become a praised art form.

The French Really Do Know Their Stuff

When it comes to making wine, especially red wine, no other country has the reputation that the French do. The French have also not earned this title by chance. French wine, particularly French red wine, is some of the best in the world. The making of French red wine has been coming along and has been perfected of the past few hundred years. French red wine is made better in quality, texture and taste because of these age old traditions and this vast reservoir of wine making knowledge.

The French are so passionate about the making of their wines that not only do the regional differences affect their wine making but also the laws. French red wine from two different regions in France will differ in taste, texture and in many other ways simply because of the difference in the climate and the soils that the grapes were grown in. French red wine will also differ from one region to the next because of the laws governing the processes in winemaking from different regions.

All of this fuss is in order to bring you the very best French red wine. Red wine temperature is important for flavor, serve it too cold and the subtlety of the flavors can be lost. Serve red wine too warm and it can seem flat and the refreshing effect is lost. How you serve your French red wine will also impact on the taste as it can compliment or even be enhanced by certain foods and meals but can also be very rewarding enjoyed on its own.