Thankfully wine is a very versatile drink that can be consumed in all manner of locations. 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. Red wine doesn’t really matter so much if it is chilled or not (ideally it should be room temperature). It is a different story for champagne or white wine however, which really need to be served up with a nice chill to them…and this poses a problem on a hot boat. A great tip however is to use nature’s chiller and stick the bottles in the sea. You’ll need a secure net to do this but a good thirty mins in the sea should see them nicely cooled. The temp of the sea does of course depend on where you are, but in most places it will be cold enough.
Preventing breakages. 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 they act to protect them further and stop any liquid escaping if the bottles do break.
Opening the bottle. It is obviously tradition to break a bottle over a new ship when naming it, but what if you actually fancy drinking it. 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 qaulity bottle opener and take your time. If you ruin this bottle, you may have a bit of a swim to get another.
Because Wine Tastes Better Than Sea Water
Thankfully wine is a very versatile drink that can be consumed in all manner of locations. 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. Red wine doesn’t really matter so much if it is chilled or not (ideally it should be room temperature). It is a different story for champagne or white wine however, which really need to be served up with a nice chill to them…and this poses a problem on a hot boat. A great tip however is to use nature’s chiller and stick the bottles in the sea. You’ll need a secure net to do this but a good thirty mins in the sea should see them nicely cooled. The temp of the sea does of course depend on where you are, but in most places it will be cold enough.
Preventing breakages. 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 they act to protect them further and stop any liquid escaping if the bottles do break.
Opening the bottle. It is obviously tradition to break a bottle over a new ship when naming it, but what if you actually fancy drinking it. 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 qaulity bottle opener and take your time. If you ruin this bottle, you may have a bit of a swim to get another.