winesfromtheworld web store FAQ section

Wines should be served at temperatures they taste best. More specifically, wine should be served at the temperature you enjoy it. Some whites and sparking wines taste best chilled because they are most refreshing served that way. Red wines are typically served unchilled, but cool. Here are some more detailed guidelines. Lighter white wines are best served about 45 degrees. Fuller-bodied white wines are best served about 55 degrees. Red wines taste best-served about 65 degrees. Serve lighter red wines a little cooler.

A sweet wine is one that has a noticeable level of sweetness in the taste which is called its residual sugar. A dry wine has no indication of sweetness, therefore no, or very little, residual sugar. An off-dry wine is one that is slightly sweet.

Please try the following storing tips for both white and red wines to prevent spoiling. Push the cork back in and put the partially empty bottle into the refrigerator. The wine should keep for several days. Here are three additional techniques: Keep a few clean, empty half bottles on hand. Pour the unused wine into the smaller bottle and recork. Buy a Vac-U-Vin, it removes oxygen and creates a vacuum to preserve the wine. Small cans of inert gas sprayed into the bottle replace the oxygen in the bottle. Then recork and keep refrigerated. These can be purchased at many local wine shops.