How to keep wine cool

• Keeping your wine cool whilst serving is vital, especially for White Wine, Rosé and Champagne.
  
• Using a wine cooler bucket, cooler sleeve or the modern 'Corkcicle' will keep your wine cool whilst serving.
• A Wine Cabinet will keep your wine cool before serving at the perfect temperature.

There’s two different reasons to keeping wine cool, before serving so it’s cool while it's being stored and keeping it cool whilst your serving your wine at the dinner table. This affects both red and white wine, red wine more so whilst it's being stored and white wine whilst it's being served.

How to keep wine cool: Whilst Serving

Keeping white wine and rosé chilled at the dinner table is vital to enjoying it to its maximum, there’s various ways to keeping wine cool whilst serving that Wineware offer.

Wine Cooler Bucket

This traditional method of using a wine bucket is still probably the most popular, whether it be at home or in a restaurant / bar environment. Usually available in a range of materials including plastic, metal or glass, the wine cooler bucket can sit on the dinner table whilst you enjoy your meal. The bottle sits in a bucket of ice and cold water, cooling the bottle of wine.

Step by step, how to use a wine cooler bucket

1 - Place your bottle (white wine, rosé or champagne) in the centre of the bucket
2 - Add ice to the bucket, making sure the bottle is surrounding
3 - Add a little bit of cold water to the bucket

Wine Cooler Sleeve

This is a modern way of cooling wine, time convenient and keeps the wine cool for up to 2 hours. Store the cooler sleeve in the freezer until use, place over a bottle of white wine and it instantly cools the wine within 5 minutes! This is great if you have a sudden arrival of guests or you’ve forgotten to cool the wine before dinner, it also means you don’t have a to have mass storage space for a wine cooler as this sleeve will take up next to no space in the freezer!

Step by step, how to use a wine cooler sleeve

1 - Store the cooler sleeve in the freezer for atleast 4 hours
2 - Place the chilled cooler sleeve over your bottle
3 - Wait 5 minutes before serving your chilled wine

Wine Bottle - Corkcicle

This cooler is slightly different to the two above, this time the cooling device actually goes inside the bottle with the liquid rather than cooling from outside. The Corkcicle is stored in the freezer until it's needed and you simply insert it into the bottle so it makes contact with the liquid, chilling the wine. The Corkcicle also has a pourer and aerator that helps the wine even more, adding more features to the product.

Step by step, how to use the Corkcicle

1 - Store the corkcicle in the freezer for atleast 4 hours
2 - Pour a 'taste' amount into a glass
3 - Insert and leave the corkcicle wine cooler into the bottle
4 - Wait atleast 5 minutes before serving your chilled wine

How to keep wine cool: Before Serving

Keeping wine cool and at the correct storage temperature is vital for longevity of the wine, you don’t want it to get too warm within the bottle or too cold. Using a wine cabinet is ideal for keeping wine cool, whether it be red wine, white wine or champagne.

Ideally red wine should be stored between 13˚C & 17˚C, White Wine between 8˚C & 12˚C and Champagne between 5˚C & 8˚C. More information can be found on our wine storage temperature guide.

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