handtomouth

Again tonight reminded of the fact that we so often drink our wines far too warm – not so much the whites which come in the standard ice buckets – but the reds, which are served from the shelf. Hopefully this shelf is not above the griller (though this is known), but even so, with daytime temperatures of over 35 degrees centigrade this (and every summer), a red wine is well above optimal drinking temperature. “Room” temperature is 16-18 degrees, not 25 plus! So ice bucket your reds, even if the staff think you’re eccentric.