Living where we do in Niagara we often try new wines from local wineries. While we don't have a large temperature controlled wine cellar we do usually have anywhere from 12 to 20 bottles in our room temperature wine rack.
Ilze likes her white wine really cold and for a quick chilling of a bottle will place it in the freezer for a few minutes. Yesterday we had friends over for a BBQ and so a quick chill was in order before opening the second bottle of white wine.
Last night I awoke to a loud bang in the kitchen and went to investigate. Finally, I found the source of the bang! You guessed it. The wine had been forgotten in the freezer and had almost completely frozen. The force of the ice blew the cork out of the bottle! Thank goodness for corks or the glass bottle would have shattered if it had a screw top.
Ice wine anyone?!!
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