serving wine

If your white wine has not been stored in a cool place such as a fridge. chill it for 15 minutes in bucket of ice or ice water.

Serve dry white wine and champagne at about 10*c and dersert or sparling wines at 4*c

The flavour of young reds usually benefits from decanting the wine at least an hour before the meal, but decant mature wines an hour before serving.Uncork the bottle to air young ines for serveral hours and one or two hours for mature.
Old Burgundy, Chianti and Cótes du Rhóne are best served ar abot 18*c, most other red wines and Bordeaux at 16*c but young red Bordeaux at 14*c and Beaujolais at 11*c