   |  I'm So Hangry I Might Hit You and Have a BlintzJune 19, 2008 at 12:10 am by john I'm So Hangry I Might Hit You And Have a Blintz
A good friend of ours coined the term "hangry", referring to that point when you're so hungry it's just making you angry. Well, when you work at a retail counter and/or bar for as many hours as we do each week, you start to see how the weather affects people en masse. So that leads me to another definition of hangry -- when you're so HOT you're about ready to punch a kitten and crawl in your crisper for a nap. And that long, long lead-up gets us to wine and heat. We get this question all the time -- what do I do with my wine if I have no A/C at my house? This is pretty important because here in Eagle Rock, it's supposed to hit 104 degrees tomorrow and heat and oxygen are the mortal enemies of any wine. First of all, don't throw the wine in your trunk where there is definitely no A/C and run errands for two hours. At your home or apartment, by far the best thing to have is a wine fridge. With wine becoming more and more popular over the last few years, there are many options at many price levels from counter-top units around $70 to ridiculous monstrosities for the price of a nice house. If you have no A/C at home and no wine fridge, the common practice is to pick the coolest place in your house to store wine which can be the floor of your closet. It's probably the coolest place in the house with no direct sunlight. But when the weather is in triple digits for more than a couple days, this won't cut it. So just put the wine in your normal refrigerator. Unless you need long-term storage for a vintage, fragile wine, a normal fridge is just fine. And yes, you'll read articles about the vibrations of the compressor damaging the wine but really, from that $8 sauv blanc to the $50 '06 California pinot, you have nothing to worry about unless you're going to stick it in there for years and years on end. Just remember to let both whites and reds warm up to a proper temperature before drinking. Or, if you're soooooo hot you're dying of thirst and need wine immediately (or Thangry), just tip that cold bottle up. No one's going to tattle. Have other inventive creations to cool your wine? Leave a comment or vote on our homepage poll. Leave a comment  Lucky Cardwell said:I realized during that first week when the ocean started boiling, that I had 4 cases of decent wine and no air conditioning. Since digging out the basement wasn't an option, I quickly loaded my bathtub up with all of my wine, and drew a nice cool bath and threw in a few ice cubes. I quickly realized that this was not sufficient, so I rigged an alarm to a digital thermometer and sank it into the tub. When the temperature got to 62 degrees, the alarm went off, and I could add more ice. This worked realy great for a few days, then it grew into an obsesion. After sleeping on the bathrioom floor for a week, and calling into work sick. I started to realize the delima I was in. I couldn't shower. I might lose my job, and considering I disconnected the phone, my friends probably thought I was dead. I slowly came to the realization that the days I lost from work, dilegently turning, icing and coddling my wine in the bath, I could have ultimately paid for a very nice wine fridge. So I sponged myself off in the sink, and went down to the local wine fridge shop and got myself a nice little wine fridge. Now with no more alarms, the bedding off the bathroom floor, and my job back on track, I can relax knowing that all of those precious bottles of wine I bought at The Colorado Wine Company[gratuitous plug] Will be properly stored for years to come. But best of all, I have my bathtub back! June 28, 2008 1:52 PM Melissa said:I have two vintage suitcases that stay nice and cool no matter how warm my place gets...my bottles have done mighty well with the suitcases. July 17, 2008 7:38 AM Brendan said:I drive 2 Priuses unnecessarily often to expedite global cooling. 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Take it a friend's house who does have AC... and threaten bodily harm if the bottles dissappear.
June 25, 2008 4:55 PM