KEEPING WINE AT ITS BEST
STORING AND SERVING TEMPERATURES
Domestic Refrigerator Temperature Ideal Long-Term Storage / Aging Temperature Room Temperature
SWEET WHITES LIGHT REDSDRY WHITES FULL SCALE REDS
41˚F (5˚C)39˚F (4˚C) 43˚F (6˚C) 45˚F (7˚C) 46˚F (8˚C) 48˚F (9˚C) 50˚F (10˚C) 52˚F (11˚C) 54˚F (12˚C) 55˚F (13˚C) 57˚F (14˚C) 59˚F (15˚C) 61˚F (16˚C) 63˚F (17˚C) 64˚F (18˚C)
M
Sauternes
G
ewurtztraminer
Sancerre / Pouilly
Gros Plant
Muscats
Sylvaner
Aligote
T
okay
on-Vintage Champagne
N
Sparkling Wine (Sekt, Cava, etc.)
Eiswein
Liebraumilch
Sweet Loire Chenin Blancs
uscadet
Alsace / Riesling
Chablis
Macon
B
ordeaux Blanc
Beaujolais Nouveau
Fino Sherry
Best Champagne
Good German /
Austrian Wines
Chinon
Tawny Port
montillado
A
Montlla
Vin Jaune
Best Dry
German Wines
Best White
B
urgundies / Graves
Beaujolais Crus
Cotes du Rhone (Red)
idi Reds
M
(Corbieres, etc.)
Cream Sherry
Madeira
Best Sweet
German Wines
Red Burgundy
Top Red Rhone
dinary Red Bordeaux
Or
Cahors
Madiran
Vintage Port
Fine Red Bordeaux
Bandol
Frascati
Orvieto
Vinho Verde
Fendant
Lambrusco
Retsina Yugoslav Riesling
S.A. Chenin Blanc
Chardonnay
Light Muscats
N.Z. Sauvignon Blanc
Johannisberg Riesling
Barossa Riesling
41˚F (5˚C)39˚F (4˚C) 43˚F (6˚C) 45˚F (7˚C) 46˚F (8˚C) 48˚F (9˚C) 50˚F (10˚C) 52˚F (11˚C) 54˚F (12˚C) 55˚F (13˚C) 57˚F (14˚C) 59˚F (15˚C) 61˚F (16˚C) 63˚F (17˚C) 64˚F (18˚C)
in Rose
V
Soave
Verdicchio
California Sauvignon
Valpolicella Chianti Reservas
Fiasco Chianti
Hungarian Whites
Sicilian Reds
Bull’s Blood
Valdepenas
Barbera
Dole
Light Zinfandels
Top California / Australian
Chardonnays
B
lanc
Liqueur Muscats
Old Hunter Valley
Whites
Rioja Reservas
Best Portuguese Reds
Barolo
Chilean Caberne
t
California / Australian / Oregon Pinot Noir
Best California
Cabernets /Zinfandels
lots / Pinot Noirs
r
e
M
Top Australian
Cabernet / Shiraz
© Octopus Publishing Group Ltd., reproduced from Hugh Johnson’s ‘The World Atlas of Wine’, published by Mitchell Beazley, London.
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