Chilling your wine
A helpful tip to chilling your wine faster would be to add 1/3 cup of salt to your ice bucket. Wine is cooled faster by salt water which cools by as much as 50% faster than ordinary tap water.
Headaches
Red wine can cause headaches. This is basically due to the fact that histamine is found in the grape’s skin and is in higher concentration most especially on the red grapes. You can avoid this by taking an anti-histamine 30 minutes prior to drinking red wine.
Stubborn cork
If you are having trouble removing the cork, try placing the bottle neck for 10 seconds in hot water. Temporarily, the glass will expand helping loosen the cork and making it easy for removal.
Cooking with wine
Foods that are browned through broiling, roasting, grilling and baking are best with oaked wines. Foods that are poached, steamed, braised, saled or cooked in clear liquids are best with white wines or reds with subtle oak.
Red wine stains
Citrus based removers can remove red wine stains. You can also mix items like lemon juice and white vinegar that have high acid content with water and dab it on the area to remove...