Abstract: A device for cooling beverage containers, particularly bottles, having a receiver unit with an inclined upper surface, and at least one cooling element that is removable from the receiver unit. A receiving chamber is located beneath the upper support surface with the cooling element being disposed beneath the upper support surface and, preferably, forming an upper boundary wall of the receiving chamber. Thus, intensive cooling can be provided to containers in the receiving chamber, while bottles deposited upon the upper support surface will only be slightly cooled or not cooled at all. The cooling element is preferably an essentially block- or plate-shaped hollow body that is filled with a cooling medium, the cooling element being cooled down in a refrigerator, freezer, or the like, prior to insertion into the receiving unit.