| WINE STYLE | EXAMPLES | SUGGESTED TEMPERATURE |
| Sparkling wines | | |
| Simple sparkling Wines | Cava, Cremants, Saumur, Sekt, non-vintage champagne | 4-7°C(39-45°F) |
| Sweet sparkling wines | Sweet champagne, Moscato d'Asti | 4-7°C(39-45°F) |
| Finest sparkling wines | Vintage champagne luxury cuvees | 6-8°C(43-46°F) |
| White wines | | |
| Simpler sweet white wines | Anjou blanc, German QbAs,Loupiac, Muscats | 6-8°C(43-46°F) |
| Simpler crisp, dry whites | Muscadet, Sancerre, Sauvignon
Blancs, Alsace, Italian | 6-8°C(43-46°F) |
| More complex dry white wines | Burgundy, Graves, Chardonnays,
Rioja | 9-11°C(48-52°F) |
| Medium-sweet wines | German Spatlese, Auslese,
New World Rieslings | 10-12°C(50-54°F) |
| The finest sweet wines | Classed-growth Sauternes,
top German wines, late-harvest wines | 11-13°C(52-55°F) |
| The finest dry white wines | Mature white burgundies. Graves, the best New World Chardonnays | 10-12°C(50-54°F) |
| Rose wines | Simpler roses should be coldest | 6-8°C(43-46°F) |
| Red wines | | |
| Young, fresh red wines | Loire reds, simple Beaujolais, Cotes du Rhone, vins de pays | 10-12°C(50-54°F) |
| Straightforward red wines | Simple young bordeaux and
burgundies, New World reds
except those with oak-ageing | 14-15°C(57-59°F) |
| Serious mature red wines especially Noirs wines | Burgundies, New World Pinot Noir Italian and Spanish Pinot reds | 16-17°C(61-63°F) |
| Fully mature fine red wines, especially Cabemet wines | Classed-growth bordeaux, serious
New World Cabernets, Rhone wines | 17-18°C(63-64°F) |
| Fortified wine | | |
| Dry | Fino sherry and New World
equivalents | 9-11°C(48-52°F) |
| Medium | Amontillado sherry, sercial madeira, white port | 10-12°C(50-54°F) |
| Sweet | Oloroso and cream sherries, bual and malmsey madeiras | 15-16°C(59-61°F) |
| Tawny and ruby port and New World equivalents. Tawny can be chilled in summer to, say, 8-10°C (46-50°F) | 15-16°C(59-61°F) |
| Vintage port | 16-18°C(61-64°F) |
| Vins doux naturals | 8-10°C(46-50°F) |
