Well.. this is to introduce the making of an ice wine chiller for the table.. here it is finished.. how to starting in the next post..Gordon
Plumeria flowers... wine chiller su la table
OK to start this project... you need a winebottle with the label removed.. a plastic container..preferably clear so youcan see the arrangement of the flowers inside.. ...first step is to cast about an inch of ice in the bottom of the plastic container... pictured here as clear and with a blue line...the blue color is food coloring added to the water here.....freeze this solid and remove it to add the flowers...
OK.. fill the wine bottle with marbles.. to weight down the wine... place it in thebucket on the ice... mash flowers and greenery... here ivy...it freezes well.. and you can have it sticking up and out for texture..and the flowers... here plueria flowers and a frosty pink brug was used... then fill the container with water and freeze... maybe 8 hours or so..
woops wrong picture on the last post... anyway..take the frozen container out of the freezer..and add hot water to the bottle with the marbles..so it can be removed.. from the ice...and there it is.. now just put your new favorite wine into the cooling display..place icedisplay on a plate..or something to catch the melting ice... and serve.. ithelps to havethe wine pre chilled to slow down the melting some... it's not rocket sciencce... but Rocket Science.. happens to be a new favorite wine here..a great CA offering... Gordon
Impressive!!!!
OK, I understand how you got the blue layer on the bottom (and on the top) but how did you get that diagonal blue line in the middle; the one in the first picture?
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OK..a few more shots of the rocket science chiller... Gordon
Ardesia.. oh the blue line in the middle. good observation.. I was trying to remove it too soon... poured a bit of the water from the center when I was pouring the warm water from the bottle of marbles .. I'd put in there to loosen it..leaving a void... I topped it off with an inch of blue water . as planed.. which seeped down and refilled the void.. it freezes solid around the sides and the bottle first... so you can it seems introduce a bit of color there.. also... there is a bit of blue on the top also..now that it is refrozen
so a few more pictures of the flowers... Gordon
OK.. one more picture... but I'll be back in the evening to answer any questions... bon appatite.. Gordon
OH..the flowers and plant material will float... so they need to be wedged in to keep them evenly dispersed ..you can always cast it in sections if the flower display is of great importance... also greetings and such can be included in the ice/// your imagination is your only restricting factor...
well the last picture... Clare... got me thinking about this before... with a picture of her lovely plumeria ring...and a candle with the imbedded items of the season... pine cones and branches and such... it does resemble the candle doesn't it Clare.. Well.. I also must give a bit of credit to where I saw this first...... Good going Martha... we all love you..
Gordon
Fabulous, Gordon! Absolutely lovely! Thanks so much for showing us this lovely work of art and for the instructions. This is a definite dinner party conversation piece that I will have to try! Bravo!
gordon please try and get outside more during the winter. LOL way kewl idea!
dete
How creative indeed..
I saw some bolts or lag screws in the bottle and i was like what the H@#$?
:)
OH.. yes you did see some galvanized 1 1/2 " lag screws..along with the marbles I had on hand... the majority of my marbles were being used in the bottom of my vases...so I was a bit light on the weight of marbles I needed to keep the wine bottle sitting down on the bottom ice sheet... when the container was filled with water..so I added the screws..marbles work much better as they pour into and out of the bottle easier..what is important is having enough weight inside..so the bottle doesn't float up when you fill it with water...after adding the flowers and such..another consideration is having the weight that's added..allows the hot water to be added to the bottle when freeing it from the ice block at the end... Like sand will work for weight .. but it doesn't allow much hot water to be added then.. so keep the weight items open and airy..
Clair..Thanks for the complement...
Dete..thanks..but could you explain: gordon please try and get outside more during the winter.
.I can usually understand most comments... but this one escapes me... are you refering to making things.. too much time on my hands
got me there bud..
DutchLady... that's great.. I'm sure he'll get a kick out of it..I saw online that many places were out of stock.. in June they release the 2005 vintage..but if you want some before then... I think they still have it at my local store..a great place..Union Square Liquors. NYC....they might ship or I can send it to you... a great place.. they give you a credit card with points...and you go into any of the many tasteing rooms insert your card into one of the tasting machines and put a glass under the spout of the wine you would like.. and the card is deducted one point for every dollar the wine costs... guess I have over 3000 points... I could drink there for days..well up to over 100 tastes...of the Rocket Science...certainly longer than I could stand and do it... OH...here's their sit URL... go there and on the home page you see one of the many wine tasteing machines... in the photo...the little red bars over the wine tell you how many points you are looking at for each bottle..= the price http://www.unionsquarewines.com/ enjoy.....Gordon
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Gordon, that is beautiful !
The idea may have been Martha's but you have most certainly
made it your own creation. You've managed to make it light
and airy and very pleasing to the eye. Kudos.
Thanks for the step-by-step instructions. I'm going to try it.
that is the neastest wine cooler.