On Mon, 30 Jul 2018 19:24:36 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On 7/30/2018 11:58 AM, Jinx the Minx wrote:
>
>> I hope that’s an actual wine refrigerator, and not a fridge used for wine.
>> Some would say those reds should not be refrigerated at all.
>>
>
>Those that say it should not be refrigerated know little about wine.
>Room temperature goes back to when there was no central heat and houses
>rarely were above 60 degrees in winter. I store my reds at 64 degrees,
>whites at 47.
>
>Warm reds in the summer are not nice to drink.

It depends where you live. Having said that, it's hot here 7 months of
the year and I still rarely refrigerate red wine. It locks the
flavours up, IMO. I'd rather drink something else if it the wine's too
warm.