Transporting Wine Bottles

Position bottles on their sides or even upside down to keep the corks moist.

Transporting wine bottles.

Get the details on how we route wine shipments to make sure they arrive in top shape. Contact your fedex account executive or customer service for info. Check your inventory of bottles and determine what you really want to keep before you start packing liquor and wine bottles are heavy and if you re paying per pound to move them consider what is worth moving and what isn t if you re moving a long distance and don t want to pay to move all your bottles consider giving some away to friends and family. Allow the bottles to rest for 7 days prior to opening.

Help is available from our wine shipping specialists. Label boxes clearly with such warnings as wine fragile and this side up never pack bottles that have been opened. Available in california oregon and washington. They make great gifts.

Read about our temperature controlled wine shipping process. As a general rule the older the wine the more sensitive it is to temperature fluctuations. Moving your wine either by yourself or with the help of professionals should be. Consider insuring your wine shipment.

If opened too soon a loss if flavor may result. Check your inventory. 5 tips for transporting wine in hot weather. Summertime wine travel slows for nothing and tourist season throughout our european wine regions is in full swing despite the record heatwave.

The wine will shake within the bottle as it is moved. Choose faster shipping options preferably next business day or second day to further minimize exposure to extreme temperatures. Let s talk about transporting wine in hot weather.