Wine Serving Temperatures
Champagne
Simple Champagne
Cava, Cremants, non-vintage champagne
4-7°C (39-45°F)
Sweet Champagne
Sweet champagne, Moscato
d'Asti
4-7°C (39-45°F)
Finest Champagne
Vintage champagne, luxury cuvees
6-8°C (43-46°F)
Fortified Wines
Dry
Fino Sherry and New World Port Wine
9-11°C (48-52°F)
Medium Bodied
Amontillado Sherry, Madeira Wine, White Port
10-12°C (50-54°F)
Sweet
Vintage Port, Tawny, Amontillado, Madeira Wine
16-18°C (61-64°F)
Red Wines
Young, Fresh Wines
Young Loire, Beaujolais, Cotes du Rhine
10-12°C (50-54°F)
New Vintages
Bordeaux, New World Cabernet Sauvignon
14-15°C (57-59°F)
Mature Vintages
New World Pinot Noir Italian and Spanish
16-17°C (61-63°F)
Mature Fine Wines
New World Cabernets, Rhine Wines
17-18°C (63-64°F)
Rose Wines
Classical Wines
Simpler Roses should be coldest
6-8°C (43-46°F)
White Wines
Sweet White Wines
Anjou blanc, German QbAs, Loupiac, Muscats
6-8°C (43-46°F)
Crisp, Dry Wines
Muscadet, Sancerre, Alsace, Italian
6-8°C (43-46°F)
Complex Dry Wines
Burgundy, Graves, Chardonnays, Rioja
9-11°C (48-52°F)
Medium-Sweet Wines
German Spatlese, Auslese, New World
Rieslings
10-12°C (50-54°F)
Finest Sweet Wines
Classed Sauternes, Late-Harvest Wines
11-13°C (52-55°F)
Finest Dry Wines
Mature Burgundies, The best New Chardonnays
10-12°C (50-54°F)