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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.
Doesn't do what it advertises
By April Hoffmann
I got this because it said it cooled room temperature wine in five minutes. It does NOT do this! Our wine was still warm in five minutes. It was just barely LIGHTLY chilled in ten minutes, but not cold enough for my taste. I didn't want something that kept a previously chilled bottle cold...I wanted it to chill the white wine I forgot to put in the fridge. I'm sure it works great for taking ALREADY cold wine to a picnic, etc. but that is not what it advertises. Therefore I will only give it 2 stars. I'm disappointed.

17 of 21 people found the following review helpful.
Temperature control for reds and whites
By Lynn Hoffman, author:The Short Course in Beer
Here's an important thing to know about wine:

Serving Temperature is one of the factors that affects the taste of wine and
is under your control. Tools that help you control serving temperature add to
your pleasure. Here are two ways to use this tool-

*You put it around a cold bottle to keep it that way. For instance, if you're carrying
white wine to a BYOB or a picnic, the sleeve will keep it at serving temperature.
It seems to last for about an hour and a half if it's wrapped with something insulating.

*You put it over a room-temperature bottle of red wine to cool it down to a proper
serving temp of around 60-65F.

At this low price, anyone who takes bottles of wine to friends or to restaurants should
have one.

Lynn Hoffman, author of New Short Course in Wine,Theand the properly chilled bang BANG: A Novel

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful.
A great idea
By Celeste
I really like the idea of this product, and it is a great thing to have around the house. It is wonderful for parties. You can keep you white wine out on the counter so people aren't going in and out of the refrigerator or just assuming that there isn't any white. It is much easier to deal with than an ice bucket and works very well. The product description is a little misleading, as it says "Chills wine bottles in 5 minutes and keeps them cold for 3 hours without ice." This will not chill a room temperature bottle of white wine in 5 minutes. I would also question whether it would keep a cold bottle chilled for as long as 3 hours. That being said, for the price, it's a great item to keep at home in the freezer and works wonderfully to help keep a pre-chilled bottle cold for the duration of a meal, or maybe a little longer.