Wine hacks: the best tricks for wine lovers

Wine is the source of many properties and it is said that one glass a day is even healthy. That is why there are many fans of this drink.

So that you can enjoy its consumption to the maximum and get the most out of it, we present you a compilation with the best tricks for wine lovers.

The best tricks for wine lovers

With these tricks you will avoid the annoying problems that you can find if you consume wine often.

1. Cool quickly

How many times have we bought a bottle in the last minute that we had to consume at the moment and it wasn't cold enough to serve. The first thing you think about is putting it in the freezer, but it can take too long to cool down and your friends wait. But one of the tricks for wine lovers will save you that dinner or meeting with friends.

What you should do is keep the bottle in the freezer, but adding an extra. You should take kitchen paper, soak it in water and wrap the bottle with it before putting it in the freezer. The paper will freeze faster and keep it cold longer, so just keep it inside for about 15-20 minutes.

Another trick that works is to add a cup of salt in the ice bucket while you cool the bottle. That will reduce the cooling time noticeably.

2. How to uncork without a bottle opener

Every self-respecting wine lover You should have at least one bottle opener in your kitchen. But it is also true that no one has ever been spared the drama of not having a corkscrew at hand, either because we did not have it or because it had been lost.

Do not worry! There are many ways to fix it without having to sink the cork into the bottle. One of the simplest is to drive in a knife or key at a slight angle, and pry.

Another classic way is by placing the bottle inside a shoe and slam it against the wall, as shown in the following video. You can do the same by wrapping the base of the bottle with a cloth.

3. Avoid pieces of cork

If the previous point has not worked for us and we have had no choice but to drop the cap, it is possible that pieces have remained inside the bottle. But this will not be a problem with another of the best tips for regular wine drinkers.

Just get a paper filter, like the ones used for coffee, and use it as a strainer. In this way we can serve the wine directly into the glass and the filter will prevent any remaining cork from passing through.

4. Store it in ice cubes

If you have some wine left over, the best thing you can do is store it in ice cube molds and keep them in the freezer. With this you will have ice cubes made of wine that can have two uses.

On the one hand, you can use them to cool it when it is in the glass and prevent it from running down. On the other hand, keeping them stored in this way will be very useful for when you have to cook your dishes with wine.

5. Frozen grapes

Another interesting trick to vary the way you drink wine a bit is to add frozen grapes to your glass.

In this way you will help to cool your glass without resorting to cubes and you will also be giving an original touch to the presentation.

6. Fruits to add flavor

If more than freezing what you want is add flavor and improve the presentation of your glassTry adding pieces of fruit such as cut strawberries or blackberries. For many it may be a sacrilege, but this can help improve the taste or simply make the glass more colorful and fun.

7. Aerating the bad wine in a mixer

But if the problem is that the wine we have is not very good or it doesn't have much flavor, there is another more effective trick to improve it.

For this we will need a blender and it will be enough to stir the wine in it for 30 seconds. What this will do is air it, allowing the flavors to stand out.

8. Eliminate cork flavor

Has it ever occurred to you to find a wine that had too much cork flavor? Surprisingly there is a trick to eliminate this annoying taste and smell from wine, and it's easier than you might think.

You just have to take some cling film and put it in the jug with the wine for a few minutes. And magic! You will have managed to eliminate the taste and smell of cork. Apparently this type of plastic traps the molecules with which this type of plugs treat.

9. Cover with film

The cling film can also be useful for other tricks. In the same way that you may have had trouble opening the bottle at the beginning, are you afraid it will happen again once you close it again? Do not suffer.

A very useful trick so that you never have problems opening the bottle again is to place transparent paper before inserting the cap. This way it will be easier to remove it when you uncover it again.

10. Salt for stains

And what do we do if we have ended up staining our clothes? This is another drama that everyone has faced at some point in their life. The dreaded wine stain (even if it's white) on clothes that don't go away.

The key to making it disappear completely is to clean it as soon as possible. But still that alone will not suffice. Before cleaning, we must place absorbent paper on the stain (being careful not to spread it) to remove the excess liquid.

And to clean it, the use of salt will be very useful in this case. The The trick is to add a good amount of salt to the stain. and leave it for several minutes. Then it will be necessary to rinse with cold water. Et voila! The salt will have absorbed the wine as if by magic. If the stain resists, repeat the process or try the same trick with carbonated water.