(YahooStyle) - As the summer gets underway, a lot of us long for a glass of wine at the end of a hard day’s work.

So what happens when you get home and realise you’ve forgotten to chill a bottle?

Can you put a couple of ice cubes in your glass? Or is that a cardinal sin?

People have been brought up to think that adding ice to a glass of wine is a complete no-no. And you’d be right, in some respects.

Wine connoisseurs have long complained of the diluting effects of ice, adding that it renders the drink unrecognisable.

“Something is lost when you interfere with the final product,” Rafael Sanchez, wine and beverage director of a top San Diego restaurant, told Vogue. “The colour, texture and aroma of the wine is compromised by ice.”

“If I feel a wine needs to be colder, then I put the bottle in ice for a few minutes – no need to add it directly to the wine.”

However, a few well-known names are opening up to the idea of wine on ice. Moët & Chandon recently launched a sparkling rosé that is intended to be consumed with ice.