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.

I've heard the microwave referred to as the "sommelier's secret." I'd
hesitate at putting an entire bottle in the microwave, but zapping a
glass of chilled red to bring it up to temperature should be OK, as long
as you don't get local heating effects that cook one region of the wine.
All in all, it's far safer (if slower) to warm in a water bath.

Mark Lipton