WINE NOT! Why adding ice to your glass of wine is fine

Adding ice to your glass of wine may earn you a frosty reception from drinkers of a certain vintage.

But now one of the world’s leading chefs has hit out at the ‘cultural snobbery’ of those regarding the practice as beyond the pale.

Michelin-starred David Chang says whenever he puts ice in his wine it ‘tastes like gold’, but he feels like he’s done ‘something horribly wrong’.

He tells drinkers to remember that wine is just a ‘beverage’ and not a ‘cultural artefact’ – and they should be concentrating on drinking something as refreshing as possible.

And while an ice cube is a traditional accompaniment to a summery glass of rosé, Chang – whose flagship New York restaurant Momofuku Ko has two Michelin stars – even recommended doing it all year round.

Speaking on his podcast, The Dave Chang Show, he said: “The other day, we were at the studio and there was a bottle of wine with most of it gone – about a glass left in the bottle of white wine.

“We had to split it, because everything else was closed. I got out four glasses of ice. I poured wine into the glasses of ice and split the beer into two glasses over ice.

“Drinking wine with ice tastes like gold. It’s so delicious. I drink it all on ice right now. I don’t just want to drink it in the summer now, I want to drink it year-round. The reason you’re drinking it is not for the culinary snobbery, it’s because it’s a beverage. So drink it as a beverage, not as a cultural artefact.”

The 45-year-old star of Netflix’s Ugly Delicious previously sparked controversy for saying people shouldn’t cook burgers on a barbecue.

A poll of sommeliers by wine review website Decanter revealed putting ice in a glass of wine is the ‘most annoying customer habit’.