Sarge wrote:
> I am looking for suggestions at to bring up the temperature of red wine for
> serving.
> At times you may have an unplanned visitor or just the desire for a specific
> red wine. At this time of year my wine cellar is at 55F but will drop to
> 45F soon. I have thought about putting the wine in the microwave but I am
> afraid it may give it some kind of shock possibly similar to bottling shock.
> comments welcome.
> Joe

The same way you chill white wine. Put the bottle or a decanter in water,
maybe 70-75 degrees. It works especially well with a decanter since the volume
of wine may not be the whole bottle and the surface area is larger.