Are you using ice bucket in correct way?

In the hot summer, when the sun is hot in the sky, when the party is held, it is necessary to give the wine a cold bath to cool down. Ice buckets are a popular way to chill wine, but are you using them correctly?

Ice bucket, the name often makes people mistakenly believe that the bucket with ice is the only tool for chilling wine. Whether in the restaurant, or at the banquet, there are many people directly put wine into the mountain of ice, in fact, this practice does not play a fast and effective role in the ice.

So how do you ice wine quickly and effectively? The way to solve this problem is very simple but not rude, that is to add water to the ice bucket. Since ice melts faster in water, the wine's heat is absorbed faster. First put a certain amount of ice in the bucket, and then add water, the ratio of ice and water is about 1:1, the total volume of ice water is about 3/4 of the capacity of the ice bucket. Finally, when placing wine in ice water, it is especially recommended to leave a layer of ice about 2 cm thick between the wine and the bottom of the barrel.

In addition to the above considerations, you should also pay attention to time when chilling wine. The cooling time depends on the style of various wines, for example, red wine is relatively full, if the drinking temperature is too low, it will taste thin and dry, so if the red wine needs to cool down, it generally only needs to be chilled 3-5 minutes, the white wine with a slightly lighter body needs 6-10 minutes, and the sparkling wine and sweet wine need 10-15 minutes.