The subject of everyone's disapproval? A handful of ice cubes, added delicately to the glass with a pair of tongs. "No ice in wine!" exclaimed many people under the post.

The tongs are heated until red-hot, then clamped around the neck of the bottle right below the cork. After a minute or two of this heat, a cold, wet towel is placed in the same spot, and the rapid ...

Jonathan Ross, a sommelier at Eleven Madison Park, is responsible for resurrecting the old world tradition of using heated tongs to open wine. Placing the red hot metal around the neck, it makes a ...

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'.