We Americans tend to drink our whites too cold and our reds too warm.  So I was psyched to discover the “Corkcicle,” an ingenious new device for keeping wines chilled to their ideal temperatures without bulky tabletop ice buckets.

The Corkcicle looks like it sounds: almost like an icicle with a cork on top.  Simply pop open a chilled white or room temperature red, and the Corkcicle will keep the white cool or bring the red down to the perfect drinking temperature.  When you’re not using the Corkcicle, just leave it in the freezer to use at a moment’s notice.

You can buy the Corkcicle online at its site, or retailers like Amazon in the $20-25 range.  (I also spied it this evening in the Sky Mall catalog during my flight to Minneapolis.)  It’s also a terrific hostess gift or a perfect gift for Mother’s or Father’s Day.

This gives a whole new meaning to “putting a cork in it!”