The ideal temperature for wine tasting

 The temperature of the wine has a profound effect on olfactory, gustatory and tactile sensations. For this reason a wine too hot or too cold cannot be tasted.
Scents can feel better at 18 ° C. Already at 10 ° C, the sensitivity decreases, while at 4 ° C, the taste buds are numb. High temperature, at contrary, emphasizes sugary sensations, as well as a low temperature enhances the bitter and salty taste and the sensation of astringency due to tannins, so tannic red wines do not want low temperatures.

 The heat enhances the flavors and the alcohol component, while low temperature makes a more pleasant acid and alcohol wine. For this reason white wines are tasted and drunk at not high temperature.

Here are some tips about the wine serving temperature:

• If you need to cool a white wine, the best way is to place the bottle in a bucket with water and ice the suitable system even to the cool at the right point a pink or red wine, if too hot. You can also use the refrigerator, but the times are longer (20-30 minutes versus 10 of the bucket) to be avoided the freezer.

• Refresh does not mean freezing, beware of claims such as "serve chilled" that are sometimes present on dubious labels: the frost is a good way to mask the defects or the paucity of content.

• To heat don’t use a direct heat source that would heating the glass of the bottle: a wine became too hot would become hopelessly compromised, the ideal would be place the bottle to drink for a day in a cellar where the temperature is around 14-16 ° C. Otherwise you can use warm water (not boiling) water in which to immerse the bottle for some time

Take into account the outside temperature: as hot the weather is, plus the wine must be served cold
Consider that wine, once in the glass, earning a few minutes a couple of degrees.
So if you buy Italian wine, don’t forget to follows these suggestions.