Server for wine bottles and the like

A server for wine bottles and the like comprising

• a vertically elongate housing open at the top for receiving a bottle and having a side wall for surrounding the entire side exterior of the bottle, said side wall having a height of at least about one-half the height of the enlarged portion of the bottle and being made of a heat conductive material to enable circumferential conduction in the side wall, and
• receptacle means for holding ice in contact with a side portion of the exterior of said side wall to cause said side wall to absorb heat from the bottle if the bottle is at a higher temperature than the side wall, and to substantially prevent the transfer of ambient heat to the bottle, said receptacle means including
• an outer wall joined to and formed to surround said side portion of said side wall to define a space between said side portion of the side wall and the outer wall for receiving ice, said outer wall being joined to the side wall at a first generally vertical locus of points, and then looping outwardly from the first locus of points and about said space, and joining the side wall at a second generally vertical locus of points spaced horizontally from the first locus of points, and
• a bottom wall joining the bottoms of the outer wall and side wall to support ice placed in the space between the outer wall and side wall.