Serving Temperaure
Welcome to Vine to Wine this is your host Linda Moran. Is it really that important to serve white wine at a particular temperature? I say yes if you expect to really enjoy it the way it was meant to be enjoyed. Today we discuss the optimum temperature to serve your white wine.
Just like a cup of coffee enjoyed most when it has come to just the right temperature for you, it’s always a pleasure to taste a wine when it seems to be at that perfect temperature - The temperature that really shows off the wine. For example if a white wine is too cold you loose the aroma; and since 70 to 80 percent of your ability to perceive flavor comes from your sense of smell; you sure would miss out on the taste if you couldn’t smell it. In addition, if the wine is too cold the minute it enters your mouth those little taste buds on your tongue will freeze up, and you won’t experience much more than the salivation occurring from the wine’s acidity. Due to that harsh acidity one might think they don’t like the wine. On the other hand if the white wine is served to warm it may seem hot or vapid with alcohol and bland. One of the best ways to chill a white wine or sparkling wine is to submerge it about
