<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by lisamcgu:
Further, depending on the time of year you are traveling, or just as a general rule, you would not want to pack your wine if it is good stuff that you don't want damaged. Wine should be kept in a fairly standard environment, a humid 58 degrees, which doesn't always happen, but will still remain true if not exposed to extreme temperature changes. I would think the hold of a plane could easily go to such extremes. </font>
I wouldn't worry about that. Short term variations in temp. do very little to effect wine. It's when your storing/aging that temp variations are harmful. Also if they are aged reds, let them sit for a day or two before service or decant with a filter to remove stirred up sediment.
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