Serve it at the temperature it deserves.
Free serving temperature tool. Pick a wine style, say where the bottle is now, and get the target temperature with exact fridge, freezer, and ice-bucket times.
Right temperature, right year
Sommo tells you when each bottle in your rack is at its peak, so the chill is the only timing left to get right.
Download freeTemperature is the cheapest upgrade
No accessory improves a wine as much as serving it at the right temperature, and none costs less. Too warm, and alcohol muscles past the fruit; too cold, and aromas lock themselves away. The old rule of room temperature for red was coined when rooms were cold, and the modern habit of serving whites straight from a 4°C fridge is just as unkind to anything with texture.
How the times are worked out
The tool starts from where your bottle actually is, the counter, the cellar, or the fridge, and works out how long each method needs: a domestic fridge pulls a bottle down roughly a degree every ten minutes, a freezer three times faster, and an ice-water bath faster still. Warming is slower, about a degree every four minutes on the counter, which is why an over-chilled white recovers more gracefully than an over-warm red. Once the temperature is right, check the bottle is in its prime with the drinking window checker.
Frequently asked.
01.What temperature should red wine be served at?+
02.What temperature should white wine be served at?+
03.How long does it take to chill wine in the fridge?+
04.Is it ever right to chill red wine?+
Every bottle, ready at the right moment.
Sommo tracks what is in your rack and when each bottle peaks, so the right wine is ready before the guests arrive.