K E E P I N G WINE AT ITS BEST
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SWEET WHITES | DRY WHITES | LIGHT REDS | |
Room Temperature 
FULL SCALE REDS
39˚F (4˚C) | 41˚F (5˚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) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Midi Reds |
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| Aligote |
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| Sparkling Wine (Sekt, Cava, etc.) |
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| Vinho Verde |
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| Hungarian Whites |
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| Dole |
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39˚F (4˚C) | 41˚F (5˚C) |
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© Octopus Publishing Group Ltd., reproduced from Hugh Johnson’s ‘The World Atlas of Wine’, published by Mitchell Beazley, London.
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