The 3 Best Insulated Wine Tumblers of 2023

Apr 19, 2024

Whether you’re sipping chilled white wine from a delicate glass or drinking an icy cocktail from a red Solo cup, you’ll eventually be left with the same dilemma: Your once-cold drink will most likely be lukewarm before you’ve had a chance to finish it. But if you sip from an insulated wine tumbler, you’ll find that each swig remains as refreshing as the first, even hours after the drink has been poured.

Double-walled, vacuum-insulated wine tumblers can accommodate any kind of beverage, whether it’s a bubbly seltzer or a warm cup of tea. After researching dozens of wine tumblers, we tested eight and evaluated them for temperature retention, lid quality, handfeel, and overall aesthetic—because you shouldn’t have to sacrifice looks for quality.

Our picks include the all-around best-in-class Yeti Rambler 10 oz Wine Tumbler, the easy-to-hold Corkcicle Classic Stemless, which comes in over 50 colors and patterns, and the budget-friendly Ello Clink 12oz Stainless Wine Glass with a built-in coaster.

With a sloped lip for easy sipping and a smooth lid-locking mechanism, this leakproof tumbler is the most enjoyable to use, and it excels at keeping liquids the right temperature for drinking hours after they are poured.

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The Yeti Rambler 10 oz Wine Tumbler is an all-around excellent insulated wine tumbler, but what really sets it apart is its thoughtfully designed lid; it was the easiest to drink from and was one of the few tumblers we tested that was also leakproof.

The mouthpiece is gently sloped to eliminate splash back. This Yeti wine tumbler has the only lid we tested that has this small but great feature. Also unique to it is what Yeti calls the Magslider lid: a sliding magnet that glides open and closed effortlessly, which not only feels nice to use, but creates a leakproof seal when closed. This, paired with the it’s superior ability to keep beverages cold (or hot) for hours, makes it the standout star of tumbler testing.

It excels at temperature retention. We found that the Yeti wine tumbler—made of durable stainless steel with double-walled vacuum insulation—was capable of keeping cold water chilled for six hours during our temperature tests. It performed just as well during real-life testing: My fiancé sipped on a whiskey cocktail with ice throughout the evening, then left the ice-filled tumbler by the sink overnight. The ice was still rattling around in it the next morning. This tumbler can also keep a warm beverage steaming hot for several hours after its poured, making it a good option for slow-sipping coffee and tea drinkers, too.

It fits nicely in small and large hands. Its matte powder coat is smooth to the touch, and the insulated tumbler is comfortable to hold whether it’s filled with slushy frosé or a steaming hot toddy.

The tumbler and the lid are dishwasher safe for easy cleanup. The lid’s Magslider and gaskets can be removed to clean any gunky buildup within the nooks and crannies.

It comes in eight simple colors, and you can customize it with a logo, text, or a monogram starting at about $6. The colors of the tumblers might be relatively basic (they have mainstays like navy, black, and white and a few snazzy seasonal colors like yellow and green). But the customization makes these great gift options for anyone; they’d be perfect for grads, bridesmaids, or groomsmen specifically. Customization is only available for tumblers you buy directly on Yeti’s site, though.

The Yeti wine tumbler lacks a nonslip rubber bottom, so it might slide on smooth or wet surfaces. This makes it easier to knock over, but it isn’t a huge concern since the leakproof lid stops spills, and its insulation prevents any condensation from forming and pooling under the tumbler.

It has sleek flat sides, an anti-slip bottom, and comes in a great variety of colors—but its lid isn’t leakproof and doesn’t glide as smoothly as our top pick.

The Corkcicle Classic Stemless comes in some 50 colors and patterns—the most of all the wine tumblers we tested. It also holds 12 ounces compared with the Yeti wine tumbler’s 10 ounces, but it really doesn’t feel any bigger, and thanks to its subtly flat side panels, some might find the Corkcicle Classic Stemless even easier to hold. These features make up for the fact that the lid leaks a bit.

It’s designed to be easy to hold—and not topple over. This tumbler is almost completely rounded, aside from two small, flat panels for your fingers to nestle around, which makes it feel even more secure in your hand. It also has a small silicone bottom that keeps the cup firmly in place on smooth or slippery surfaces.

It keeps cold drinks cold and hot drinks warm just as well as our top-pick Yeti wine tumbler. The triple-insulated, stainless steel Corkcicle Classic Stemless can keep cold liquids reliably chill for six hours and boiled water hot enough to burn your tongue even three hours in. While preparing Sunday dinner, I sipped a gin cocktail with ice from the Corkcicle Classic Stemless before forgetting it on the countertop in the general mayhem of hosting. When I reached for it hours after our meal, the ice cubes hadn’t melted and the drink was still pleasantly cold.

The massive selection of hues and patterns includes neon, chrome, glittery florals, and even Disney- and Marvel-themed wraps. You’re bound to find something you like—or want to give as a gift. Personalization is also available on select tumblers starting at about $8.

This inexpensive tumbler insulates just as well as its pricier counterparts and has a nifty built-in coaster to keep it from spilling. But it isn’t dishwasher safe and the lid doesn’t close completely.

The Ello Clink 12oz Stainless Wine Glass with Silicone Protection is the best tumbler we found for less than $20. It costs $10 to $15 less than the Yeti Rambler 10 oz Wine Tumbler and the Corkcicle Classic Stemless, but it insulates even better. Unlike our pricier picks, though, its lid isn’t leakproof. That flaw is offset by its textured silicone bottom that is designed to help prevent spills (and is easily removable for washing). It’s a unique feature that also looks and feels pretty cool, especially in contrast to the tumbler’s sleek metallic body.

When we tested for temperature retention, it performed even better than pricier picks. After five hours, the ice water in the Ello tumbler went up in temperature only 9 degrees (the Yeti tumbler went up 10 degrees, and the Corkcicle tumbler went up 12 degrees).

But it lacks a sliding lid that seals the sipping port, so it’s not leakproof. Still, thanks to its small sipping port that prevents splashback, we found it much easier to drink from than other open-mouthed lids.

It felt better in hand than other similarly priced options and has a built-in coaster. The removable silicone koozie keeps the cup in place and provides more grip for easy holding. Though the lid will leak if the tumbler is knocked over, this grippy silicone base prevents frequent spills.

It comes in four colors. You can choose from metallic teal, metallic millennial pink, metallic mint, and matte black.

The stainless steel tumbler and rubber coaster aren’t dishwasher safe, but the plastic lid is. We also appreciate that the lid’s gaskets and the built-in coaster can be removed for deep cleaning.

We have colleagues who have owned and liked the Brümate Uncork’d XL, but we found it heavy and difficult to use. Though it is leakproof, the screw-top lid and sealing mechanism felt like overkill: The lid was difficult to unscrew, and the flip-top required too much effort to open and close. The Uncork’d XL comes in more than 40 colors, but not all the colors are dishwasher safe. The grippy rubber bottom on our tumbler peeled off after hand-washing it only once.

At $30, the Hydro Flask 10 oz Ceramic Wine Tumbler was one of the more expensive tumblers we tested, but it wasn’t worth the investment. Though leakproof when sealed, the lid’s sliding mechanism was difficult to push open and closed, and the one-piece lid couldn’t be disassembled for deep cleaning. The tumbler also felt small in our hands, even though it holds the same amount of liquid as our top pick from Yeti.

Stanley’s Go Everyday Wine Tumbler lid can’t be sealed completely and has a wide mouth that splashes in your face while you sip. It performs a bit better than our budget pick from Ello in terms of temperature retention, but it doesn’t feel as nice in hand and costs nearly $10 more.

The Yukon Outfitters Freedom 10 oz Wine Tumbler looks exactly like the Yeti Rambler 10 oz Wine Tumbler and feels similar in hand—and costs under $10. But its lid isn’t leakproof, the sipping port slider feels flimsy, and it can only be washed by hand.

The Contigo River North Stainless Steel Wine Tumbler was disqualified by its sliding lid cover, which wiggled when we moved it, causing it to get stuck along the way.

We evaluated nearly 35 wine tumblers from popular and lesser-known brands and narrowed our list down to eight based on the criteria below.

We tested the tumblers’ ability to keep beverages cold over time by filling each with refrigerated water and ice and taking the temperature with an instant-read thermometer every hour for six hours. We did the same test the next day with boiling water, measuring the temperature in hour intervals over three hours.

To assess lid quality, we filled each tumbler with water and used the built-in mechanisms to seal the sipping port. Then we knocked them over to see how much, if any, liquid seeped out. We also took apart the lids to see how easy they were to clean, then ran the dishwasher-safe tumblers through a wash cycle.

We used the tumblers with a group of friends during a dinner party, which started early in the afternoon and stretched out into the evening. Some sipped cocktails in their cups, some drank wine, and others stuck to bubbly seltzer. We considered how the tumblers felt to sip from, how they felt to hold, and how long they kept nursed beverages at ideal temperatures.

After narrowing down the eight contenders to three finalists, my coworkers and I continued to use those tumblers regularly, drinking our morning coffees and afternoon seltzers from them. We plan to keep using our picks throughout the next few months and will update this piece in the future with how they’ve held up.

This article was edited by Alexander Aciman and Catherine Kast.

Elissa Sanci

Senior Staff Writer

Elissa Sanci is a senior staff writer for Wirecutter’s discovery team based in Denver. Her byline has appeared in The New York Times, Woman’s Day, Marie Claire, and Good Housekeeping. When she’s not testing TikTok-famous products or writing about car garbage cans, you can find her hiking somewhere in the Rockies or lying on the couch with a bowl of chips balanced on her chest. There is no in-between.

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