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This is an idea that I have heard many times: "I should serve my wine at room temperature" – even in Malaysia. Room temperature should be based on the country where the wine is made, not here. Wine cellars in Europe in winter can drop to 10 ˚C or below. If you want to enjoy your wine to the fullest, bring it into the living room earlier to reach 'room temperature' – but it shouldn't be kept at that level, especially for the long term. Here in Malaysia, it is recommended to have a wine chiller to properly store your wines – for the long or mid-term. You can check our selection of wine chillers here. You can check our wine chillers selection here. See below the recommended temperature to serve your wines for optimal enjoyment: Wine Types Temperature Champagne, sparkling 8-10 ˚C Light, young white, rose, or sweet wines 10-12 ˚C Richer, fuller whites (like Burgundies) 12-14 ˚C Light red wines (Pinot Noir, Gamay) 15-17 ˚C Other red wines 17-20 ˚C

If you're interested in learning about wines, we believe the best way is to keep tasting them! Many people stick to the same wine they've tried and liked before. With hundreds of grape varietals from wine regions worldwide, there's surely something new you'll enjoy! Wine and its culture can be intimidating if you feel your knowledge is limited. However, it shouldn't stop you from exploring other wines. Smelling, tasting, and describing wines isn't necessary to enjoy them (leave it to the geeks like me!), as long as you're open to discovery and eager to taste different wines often. Sign up for our newsletter and join us for tastings, dinners, and masterclasses we regularly host. It's a great way to sample a wide range of wines at once.

That's a broad question... Basically, wine is fermented grape juice (Wine can be done with any fruits, but grapes are really much the Star of the wine world). Meanwhile, it is much more than that; Wine has been a staple for humanity for over 4,000 years, with history tracing back from the current Middle-East (the Shiraz grape is named after a city in current Irak!), and it still create passion and enthusiasm to anyone who enjoy it. Hundreds of years ago wines were used predominantly as medicines, with many wineries in Europe being owned and managed by Monks to care of the needy (The famous ‘Camino de Santiago’ (Way of St James) pilgrimage to the Northern Spain village hosting the shrine of St James created routes from all over Europe where monasteries settled and started to produce wines (in the current Bordeaux, Burgundy, Loire Valley for example). Further down in history, wines became the drink of choice for royalty and other influent people, being unreachable to other classes. Marie-Antoinette, the last Queen of France before the revolution, was highly fond of Champagne, and the legend says that the champagne ‘coupe’ was modeled on her bosom… Wines are now considered as a beverage of pleasure & celebrations, and not reserved to the elites anymore, due to the increase of availability and modern technic. Yet from all the different alcohol beverages, wines is still the one which kept the most mysticism and interests from all. David Stephan - Resident Wine Geek