chilled or not?

[Dr Bombay]

I am new to the wine game ,and I was wondering,which wines should be chilled or is it a personal preference?

[hotwine]

Welcome to the board, Doc.

In general, chill whites but don't chill reds. Exceptions can be made, but that's a general rule of thumb.

[Innkeeper]

Just to expand a little on Hotsie's accurate post, white and rose' wine should be served at around 55 degress F, reds at 65, and bubblies at 45. Very light reds such as Beaujolais improve with a chilling down to 60.

One thing that you should be aware of is that if the place your wine is held at is 70 degrees, even the full bodied red wine will have to be chilled a little. I said "held at" in stead of "stored at" because all wine should be stored below 70 degrees.