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KEEPING WINE AT ITS BEST
M
uscadet
Sancerre / Pouilly
Sauternes
41˚F (5˚C)39˚F (4˚C) 43˚F (6˚C) 45˚F (7˚C) 46˚F (8˚C) 48˚F (9˚C) 50˚F (10˚C) 52˚F (11˚C) 54˚F (12˚C) 55˚F (13˚C) 57˚F (14˚C) 59˚F (15˚C) 61˚F (16˚C) 63˚F (17˚C) 64˚F (18˚C)
G
ewurtztraminer
Macon
B
ordeaux Blanc
Aligote
Muscats
Gros Plant
Alsace / Riesling
Sylvaner
Good German /
Austrian Wines
Best Champagne
Liebraumilch
Eiswein
N
on-Vintage Champagne
T
okay
Sparkling Wine (Sekt, Cava, etc.)
Fino Sherry
Hungarian Whites
Sweet Loire Chenin Blancs
Orvieto
Frascati
SWEET WHITES LIGHT REDSDRY WHITES FULL SCALE REDS
Domestic Refrigerator Temperature Ideal Long-Term Storage / Aging Temperature Room Temperature
Chablis
Chinon
Vinho Verde
Fendant
Soave
Verdicchio
Chardonnay
Top California / Australian
Chardonnays
Lambrusco
Retsina Yugoslav Riesling
S.A. Chenin Blanc
Light Muscats
N.Z. Sauvignon Blanc
Johannisberg Riesling
V
in Rose
California Sauvignon
B
lanc
Barossa Riesling
Beaujolais Nouveau
Montlla
A
montillado
Vin Jaune
Best White
B
urgundies / Graves
Cream Sherry
Old Hunter Valley
Whites
Liqueur Muscats
Best Dry
German Wines
Best Sweet
German Wines
Beaujolais Crus
Madeira
Sicilian Reds
Bull’s Blood
M
idi Reds
(Corbieres, etc.)
Tawny Port
Or
dinary Red Bordeaux
Cotes du Rhone (Red)
Madiran
Top Red Rhone
Red Burgundy
Vintage Port
Fine Red Bordeaux
Cahors
Bandol
Fiasco Chianti
Valpolicella Chianti Reservas
Rioja Reservas
Barbera
Chilean Caberne
t
Barolo
Best Portuguese Reds
Light Zinfandels
Valdepenas
California / Australian / Oregon Pinot Noir
Best California
Cabernets / Zinfandels
Top Australian
Cabernet / Shiraz
Dole
© Octopus Publishing Group Ltd., reproduced from Hugh Johnson’s ‘The World Atlas of Wine’, published by Mitchell Beazley, London.
41˚F (5˚C)39˚F (4˚C) 43˚F (6˚C) 45˚F (7˚C) 46˚F (8˚C) 48˚F (9˚C) 50˚F (10˚C) 52˚F (11˚C) 54˚F (12˚C) 55˚F (13˚C) 57˚F (14˚C) 59˚F (15˚C) 61˚F (16˚C) 63˚F (17˚C) 64˚F (18˚C)
STORING AND SERVING TEMPERATURES
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lots / Pinot Noirs
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