Was thinking about this as I’m packing to drive up to Chicago for a riesling dinner tonight with the RieslingKenner crew.
Anyone have recommendations for wine bottle sleeves/cases that can keep a bottle chilled for several hours? Seems silly to use an Igloo to transport just one or two bottles.
I use this for transporting wine. It holds six bottles and does a great job. I put ice packs under and on top of the bottles. Has kept a bottle of wine chilled sitting inside for 24+ hours. I also like that it’s soft sided so I don’t worry about bottles breaking. I keep a corkscrew in the front pocket.
If you have dry ice packs in your freezer like many do these days, you can wrap them in a towel and pack everything into multiple plastic shopping bags or the equivalent just to seal everything up. Works fairly well for a few hours.
Both are items that I happened to own. The ice packs for my knees from running and the cooler bag that my in laws left at our house a decade ago. I wrap a bottle In the frozen ice pack and stash in the cooler.
I also have one of these. It holds two bottles and is great for in town use. Although, I have taken it on a two hour trip with a bottle on one side and an ice pack on the other.
I use these, then wrap with a towel in my regular daypack. Fine for occasional use, plus I use them for keeping a bottle chilled on a warm day outside.
I am on acela heading to a dinner tonight in DC. I have 2 bottles and a frozen flatiron Flannery steak for a non pork eater in this Yeti cooler. It is a great thing to have and holds 6 bottles upright and at correct temp with minimal ice packs. The steak will still be frozen after the 3 hour trip.