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A bottle display stand with an active cooling function. The display stand includes a housing having an opening into which a beverage bottle may be inserted. A reservoir for containing a cooling medium is disposed inside the hollow housing. A pump, in fluid communication with the reservoir, recircula

A bottle display stand with an active cooling function. The display stand includes a housing having an opening into which a beverage bottle may be inserted. A reservoir for containing a cooling medium is disposed inside the hollow housing. A pump, in fluid communication with the reservoir, recirculates the cooling medium from the reservoir through a fluid passageway and out of a spray jet. The spray jet is aimed at an upper region of the bottle, preferably the shoulder. Cooling medium travels down the body of the bottle substantially in a thin film that does not obscure the bottle or its label and creates a waterfall- or fountain-type effect that is extremely aesthetically pleasing without splashing, dripping, or a similar mess. Simultaneously, the thin film of cooling medium chills the beverage and keeps it cold. A cooling unit may optionally remove heat from the cooling medium.

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1. A beverage bottle display stand comprising: an at least partially hollow housing having an opening into which a bottle may be inserted within said housing at an angle from vertical;a reservoir for a cooling medium disposed inside said housing;a pump, in fluid communication with said reservoir, re

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A beverage bottle display stand comprising: an at least partially hollow housing having an opening into which a bottle may be inserted within said housing at an angle from vertical;a reservoir for a cooling medium disposed inside said housing;a pump, in fluid communication with said reservoir, recirculating the cooling medium from the reservoir;a fluid passageway in communication with said pump and terminating in an adjustably positionable spray jet; anda hook for receiving and engaging a neck of a bottle disposed in said opening, said hook helping to maintain the bottle at an angle from vertical when the base of the bottle is sitting within said opening of said housing,wherein said spray jet is directly aimed substantially at a shoulder region of a bottle placed in said opening so as to cause said cooling medium exiting said spray jet to flow down the sides of the bottle, wherein said hook is pivotably attached to said housing so as to accommodate bottles of different lengths having different shoulder heights, thereby making said spray jet adjustably positionable. 2. A beverage bottle display stand according to claim 1, wherein said hook is hollow and has an interior that forms a part of said fluid passageway, and said spray jet being in fluid communication with said interior of said hook. 3. A beverage bottle display stand according to claim 1, further comprising a rounded base disposed within said housing adapted to engage a punt of a bottle. 4. A beverage bottle display stand according to claim 3, wherein said base is removable. 5. A beverage bottle display stand according to claim 3, wherein said base is at least partially light transmissible and further comprises at least one light source disposed within said base adapted to illuminate a bottle placed thereon. 6. A beverage bottle display stand according to claim 1, further comprising a cooling unit in thermal communication with said reservoir adapted to remove heat from said cooling medium. 7. A beverage bottle display stand according to claim 6, wherein said cooling unit comprises a thermoelectric chip having a cold side and a hot side, said cold side being in thermal communication with said reservoir. 8. A beverage bottle display stand according to claim 2, further comprising a thermoelectric chip having a cold side and a hot side, said cold side being in thermal communication with said reservoir cooling unit in thermal communication with said reservoir adapted to remove heat from said cooling medium, wherein said cold side is disposed within said base and is also at least partially in thermal communication with the wine bottle disposed on said base so as to provide cooling of the bottle via both i) forced convection of the cooling medium flowing over the bottle and ii) conduction from the bottle through said base to said cold side of said thermoelectric chip. 9. A beverage bottle display stand according to claim 1, further comprising at least one positioning rib, projecting from an interior of said housing below a rim of said opening, adapted to contact a side wall of the bottle so as to space the bottle away from said rim so as to prevent said cooling medium flowing down the bottle from exiting the housing. 10. A beverage bottle display stand according to claim 1, further comprising a positioning flange disposed within said housing below a rim of said opening, adapted to contact a side wall of the bottle so as to space the bottle away from said rim so as to prevent said cooling medium flowing down the bottle from exiting the housing. 11. A beverage bottle display stand according to claim 10, said positioning flange further comprising at least one drainage hole, wherein cooling medium flowing down the bottle is at least partially collected within said positioning flange, exits said positioning flange via said at least one drainage hole, and returns to said reservoir. 12. A beverage bottle display stand according to claim 11, wherein said positioning flange is angled towards said at least one drainage hole so that cooling medium collected in said flange flows downward in said flange towards said drainage hole. 13. A beverage bottle display stand according to claim 10, wherein said positioning flange is angled so that cooling medium collected in said flange flows downward in said flange and into said reservoir. 14. A beverage bottle display stand according to claim 7, wherein a current applied to said thermoelectric chip is selectively reversible, thereby causing said hot side to be in thermal communication with said reservoir and thus warm said reservoir and the bottle. 15. A beverage bottle display stand according to claim 8, wherein a current applied to said thermoelectric chip is selectively reversible, thereby causing said hot side to be in thermal communication with said reservoir and the bottle via said base and thus warm said reservoir and the bottle. 16. A beverage bottle display stand according to claim 1, wherein a surface of said hook includes a no-slip material having a higher coefficient of friction than said housing to further secure the neck of the bottle. 17. A beverage bottle display stand according to claim 16, said no-slip material includes an adhesive.