WINE MISPRECEPTIONS
• TRADITIONS –
AND OTHER DUMB STUFF*

*Required reading for the Wine Snob or the Wine Snob Want-to-be of the World

“Red Wine Is Served At Room Temperature” – Please! Room temperature of an un-air-conditioned house in Phoenix, Arizona - August 1 is 140°.The correct information is room temperature - of a wine cellar. Because that is where you are suppose to be storing your wine. The maximum temperature a dry red wine should be served is 68° and the sweeter the wine the more chilled it should be served.

“Dry” – Dry means un-sweet, dry is on the opposite end of the spectrum of sweet. The pucker factor you get on the roof of your mouth when you taste a red wine is the acid and it has nothing to do with the word dry. Acid masks your ability to taste sweetness and fruitiness. Acid has nothing to do with the term “dry”.

“Green Bottles” – The only reason to use a green bottle is tra-di-tion . Green bottles were first used because when wine was first being put into glass bottles you could not make clear glass. Even wineglasses were colored not clear to start with. NO - the purpose is not to protect the wine from the UV rays – how many UV rays are in a case of wine and why are you storing your wine in the sunshine?