Vacu Vin Wine Cooler

This is one of those 'never knew how useful it could be until you try one' gadget that we acquired a few months back as a present. There are times when we are sat outside with the BBQ, and it is nice to have a chilled glass of wine. However, often, we will have a BBQ on the spur of a moment (normally when we get a glimpse of warmer weather), and rush out and buy some meat and wine for the evening, without really getting the chance to properly chill down a bottle of white wine for the meal. We've tried the 'put it in the freezer for half an hour' approach, which is good, but it quickly warms up ... more

I'll be the first to admit that both me and my husband enjoy a bottle of wine or two. We would often decide after coming home from a hectic day at work that we fancied sharing a bottle of wine which usually meant nipping to the local shop to buy one. The problem with doing this is they aren't cool, and as my favoured wine is either rose or white, it just has to be chilled to taste nice! This impromptu purchase of wine would ultimately lead to us whacking it in the freezer for half an hour so that it could chill, but the wait is quite annoying, so I took to the Internet in search of a ... more