Originally Posted by
mr&mrs
Furthermore, at least half the bottles we’ve purchased over the past few years have been badly corked or bottle shocked (more like 80%). It seems the bottles must be poorly handled upon arrival -- it's not a problem we encounter elsewhere in Asia or the tropics.
You've been pretty lucky then, I've found this to be endemic throughout SE Asia. Singapore is usually (but by no means always) decent, since there's enough demand to ensure rotation of supply and air-con storage throughout, but most anywhere else it's better to stick to beer!