There’s a Fast, Easy Way to Get Wine to the Perfect Temperature

Consider this: You’re primed to enjoy a superb bottle of wine over dinner, but the red tastes soupy, flat and alcoholic because it’s too warm. Or maybe the white lacks aroma and complexity because you chilled it in the freezer and it’s much too cold. One piece of the puzzle is figuring out the right temperature for the specific bottle you’re pouring; the other is getting and keeping it there. Most iceless tabletop coolers are simply insulators, keeping an already cold bottle cool for a couple of hours. But new, portable electric versions not only maintain the perfect chill for as long as you want, they also get it there in the first place. And quickly. The best is the $495 QelviQ (pronounced kel-vick), which selects the right temperature and cools the bottle two and a half times faster than a refrigerator.

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