| When you have company, keeping your white wine | | | | no water and ice to deal with. If you keep your wine |
| cool at the table is a nice touch. There are several | | | | bottle in a container with ice and water, each time you |
| ways to go about this, but one way that has been | | | | remove the bottle to pour, the water on the outside of |
| around for ages is still a very effective and easy way | | | | the bottle tends to drip. Sometimes it even drips into |
| to keep wine cool. | | | | the wine glasses as you pour, which is definitely |
| If you've gone to authentic Italian restaurants, you've | | | | undesirable. |
| probably seen them - ceramic cylinders with an | | | | An ice and water system also needs to be wider than |
| opening wide enough for a bottle of wine. The principle | | | | a ceramic cooler in order to accommodate room for |
| is very simple: place the ceramic holder in water for | | | | the ice. The ceramic containers use the principle of |
| some time so that the porous ceramic soaks up | | | | evaporation instead of requiring actual ice, which |
| water. When placed on the table, the evaporation of | | | | means more space on your table for other more |
| the water from the container keeps the wine bottle | | | | important things. |
| cool. | | | | So before you go out and buy a fancy, expensive |
| No Mess | | | | cooling mechanism, consider the tried and true, age old |
| The beauty of this system is the no frills simplicity. It | | | | method of using ceramics. The investment will be small, |
| doesn't take up much room on the table, and there is | | | | and you may just love the results. |