Toss Frozen Grapes in Your Wine to Cool It Down

Most wine is best served between 45 and 60 degrees, so if you pull a bottle off your wine rack, it'll take awhile to lower the temperature in the fridge. It's much quicker to cool down individual glasses of wine, and a stash of frozen grapes is the only tool you need.

All you have to do is toss a few frozen grapes in your glass before you start drinking. Unsurprisingly, red grapes are perfect for red wines, and white grapes go well with white wine, but they won't pass much flavor through the skin, so it's not a huge deal if you only have one variety. The advantage of the grapes is that they won't water down your drink or cool it down too quickly like ice cubes. The grapes might affect the flavor of the wine ever so slightly, so I probably wouldn't use this with an expensive vintage, but it's perfect for cheap table wine. Plus, once you're done drinking, you have a delicious snack waiting for you at the bottom of the glass.

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