Some say that putting ice cubes in your wine will water it down and dilute the flavor, which is true if you are a slow drinker. Even Decanter's ‘Confessions of a Sommelier’ series stated that "putting ice cubes into white wine was often cited as the ‘most annoying customer habit’."
If you don't mind the way your wine tastes with ice cubes in it, by all means, put ice cubes in your wine! But if you're looking for another way to chill your wine and keep all the flavor, here are some alternatives:
• Chill your wine in advance. Put your wine in the fridge for 20 minutes before serving it to give it a chill.
• Freeze grapes to use instead of ice cubes to chill your wine.
• Use chilled metal wine stones.
• Wrap the wine bottle in a damp towel then place it in the freezer.
• Use a chilled wine bottle spout that cools the wine as you pour.
