Wine Serving Temperatures

In general you should really serve wine at a no more than the 650F mark. Anything more than that will make the wine taste different. But that’s only in general. Ideally each wine or wine type has a certain wine serving temperatures at which it’s best served and these are what you should be aiming for.

Unfortunately we can’t always hit this mark, so the best advice I can offer you is not to let it go beyond 65 degrees fahrenheit . To ensure this you can always chill the wine beforehand, and if you need to, bring the temperature of it up to the right level before you serve it by leaving out to warm.

The guide I have given in this article is just a small one and by no means contains all the wines or the temperatures needed. These are also only guidelines and to be used as such. They are not hard and fast rules, and you might find that you prefer something quite different to what I’ve recommended here.

65 degrees fahrenheit / 18 degrees celcius - Calidegrees fahrenheitornia Cabernet Sauvignon, Australian Shiraz, Vintage Port

63 degrees fahrenheit/ 17 degrees celcius - Châteauneudegrees fahrenheit-du-Pape, Bordeaux, South Adegrees fahrenheitrican Catalonian, and Australian Cabernet

61 degrees fahrenheit / 16 degrees celcius - Southern degrees fahrenheitrench red wines, Red Côte d'Or Burgundy, Tawny and Ruby Ports, Southern Italian red wines, Rioja, Australian and Calidegrees fahrenheitornia Pinot Noir

50 degrees fahrenheit / 15 degrees celcius - Douro red table wines, young Zindegrees fahrenheitandel, Côte Chalonnaise, New Zealand Cabernet and Pinot Noir, Oloroso and Cream sherries, Bual and Malmsey Maderias

57 degrees fahrenheit / 14 degrees celcius - Northern Italian Cabernet Sauvignon, Washington State Cabernet Sauvignon, young Chianti wines, Bourgueil

54 degrees fahrenheit / 12 degrees celcius - Red Sancerre, Bardolino, Young Beaujolais, Young Spanish red wines, Vin de pays

• 50 degrees fahrenheit / 10 degrees celcius - Top white Côte d'Or Burgundy, Calidegrees fahrenheitornia Chardonnay, sweet German Wines, Rhine and Mosel Kabinett, Italian oaked Chardonnay, Australian Chardonnay, Amontillado Sherry, White Port

48 degrees fahrenheit / 9 degrees celcius - Australian Semillon, New Zealand Chardonnay, good white Pessac-Léognan and Graves, Chilean Chardonnay

46 degrees fahrenheit / 80C - Dry German wines, Alsace, Chablis, Côte Chalonnaise white wines, Austrian Riesling, English wines, Australian Reisling, Cabernet, good Rosé wines

45 degrees fahrenheit / 7 degrees celcius - Good Champagnes, Sparkling wines, Sancere, New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc

43 degrees fahrenheit / 6 degrees celcius - Muscadet, Anjou, other Sauvignons, White Bordeaux, unoaked white Roja

41 degrees fahrenheit / 5 degrees celcius - Young Spanish white wines, Portuguese white wines, Swiss Chasselas, Soave, cheap rosé

36 degrees fahrenheit / 2 degrees celcius - Cheap Sparkling wines