Monday, February 7, 2011

CSN Review

A while back I mentioned that I was going to be reviewing a product from CSN Stores where you can find everything from stylish briefcases to the latest in kitchen gadgets to chic home decor!

In exchange for the review I was offered a gift card code for $35 towards the purchase of any item from their 200+ stores.


I chose the Deni Rotating Wine Chiller. It was $42.99 so after applying my $35 gift code + $7.95 for shipping, I ended up paying $15.94 for the chiller. That's quite a steal!

I decided to rev up the chiller for a bottle of Riesli
ng on Superbowl Sunday. I know, no beer during Superbowl, but I was trying to kill 2 birds with one stone.

It comes with 2 bottle holders to accommodate different sized bottles, and
uses either four AA batteries or an included AC/DC adapter. I ended up using the adapter.

First thing I did was to take out the 2 removable
cups and wash them as recommended.

Once dry, I decided which cup fit the size wine bottle I was chilling. I then placed that cup back into the cooling bucket and snapped it into place.

Next I placed my bottle of wine inside the inner cup.

The directions then told me to fill the cooling bucket up to the fill line with either chilled water or crushed ice. I just used the cold water from my tap since it had been super cold outside anyway, but I think next time I will try the ice.


Then I turned the dial all the way to the right to the 15 minute mark on the timer. The booklet said 15 minutes was the correct time for a large bottle of wine.

And then magic happened, the bottle began to rotate in clockwise and counter-clockwise cycles as the LED illumination gradually changed colors - red, blue, green, purple and yellow. It was so pretty and entertaining.



When the timer dinged at 15 minutes, I uncorked my wine and poured my first glass.

The result was much cooler than the bottle was just sitting in my wine rack, but not ice cold like I expected (perhaps because I just used cold tap water). Next time I'll definitely use ice, but did I still drink it? Heck yeah I did!

So I decided to run the bottle through another 9 minute rotation and so my 2nd glass was much colder.

Well, I finished an entire bottle of Riesling by myself all in the name of science! A woman's gotta do what a woman's gotta do, ya know.

I'm very happy with my new wine chiller and I had a great experience working with CSN Stores. I highly recommend them the next time you're shopping online. They have practically everything!

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