wine chiller advice

[romwarrior]

Originally Posted by mrreindeer

We received as a gift a 'Vin-Chilla', picture a bucket with a cord...you place the wine bottle in, fill with cold water & ice cubes & the motor in the base circulates the water around the bottle and in 15 minutes (maybe less), you've got yourself a chilled bottle. Likewise, if you want to warm up a bottle of red that's chilly, you can put warm water in there. I like it and use it quite a bit and the noise is not bad. It's relatively quiet.

What does the circulation do?? I can put wine in regular bucket filled with water and ice and get the same results.