How You Can Enjoy Wine On A Boat
Wine really is one of those things that can be drunk in all places. On your sofa at home, in your garden in the evening, or on the top of a mountain. Wine can even be enjoyed on the oceans around the world, but here you need a little consideration as it can be trickier than you might imagine.
Keeping it cool. When it comes to the temperature of wine, its fine to serve red at room temp without chilling it at all. The same cannot be said for white wine however, or indeed champagne which is at its best when it has been chilled…something not easy to achieve on a boat with no fridge.You can always rely on natures refrigerator though, a cool your bottles using sea water. You’ll need a secure net to do this but a good thirty mins in the sea should see them nicely cooled.This doesn’t work so well if you are in the Mediterranean, but most places will still give your wine a nice chill.
Stopping it breaking. With all the movement on the sea it can be difficult to keep your bottles of wine intact.Keeping the wine in a box and securing this tightly to one part of the boat is a great start, but there is more you can do to save your bottles. If you place your wines in wine bags then this will protect them further and stop any liquid escaping if the bottles do break.
Opening the bottle. Most people christen a boat by breaking a bottle over its hull, although you don’t actually get to drink much of it opening it this way. Try not to get the cork wet as it can swell and this can make it harder to remove. Also, don’t try to remove the cork by improvising with all manner of tableware or fishing hooks. Use a decent bottle opener and take your time. If you end up corking it then you might be a quite a way from another bottle.
