Quick Chill of Wine, Champagne, hot drinks!  We recently learned this on a cruise from our Wine Steward:  To chill a hot drink in 3 minutes to a cold serving temperature, mix in a medium sized container the following:

1/3 Ice   1/3  Water  and 2 cups of Salt.  Place the hot drink in the container filled with the ice, water and salt.  In 3 minutes it will be CHILLED!  This is great when you have guests drop by unexpectedly and need to chill a bottle of wine or other spirits quickly.  You can also do the same at tailgate parties when the beer is hot and you need to chill it quickly.  Remember the proportion is based upon a container large enough to chill a bottle of wine.   If you use a cooler, use more of everything. 

Party Drinks

If you like great tasting drinks, check out the links below!