The Most Underrated Wine Tool: The Instant-Read Wine Thermometer
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Getting The Correct Wine Serving Temperature
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This might be the single biggest, cheapest "hack" to make all your wine taste dramatically better. We, as a society, are drinking our wine at the wrong temperatures.
What It Is: A simple, instant-read digital thermometer, or a cuff-style thermometer that wraps around the bottle.
Why You Actually Need It (The "Proof"): We drink our white wines too cold and our red wines too warm.
Too-cold whites (fresh from the ice-bucket or fridge) are muted. The chill locks up all their beautiful aromas and flavors.
Too-warm reds (served at "room temp," which is often 72°F+) taste "soupy," flat, and alcoholic. The alcohol "burn" overwhelms the fruit.
How It Makes Your Wine Experience Better: A simple thermometer lets you hit the "sweet spot" every time, unlocking the true flavor of your wine.
Pour Man's Pro-Tip (White): Take whites out of the fridge 20 minutes before serving (aim for 45-50°F / 7-10°C).
Pour Man's Pro-Tip (Red): Put reds into the fridge 20 minutes before serving (aim for 60-65°F / 15-18°C).
Your red wine should feel slightly cool to the touch. This simple change will blow your mind.
