Packing Champagne in Checked Luggage
Jul 30, 2017, 8:51 am
#16
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Pressure is the question!
Again, I think the point to original question is not about packing to avoid breakage but more around the pressurization. Cause champagne is already under pressure. I have same question because I get very expensive hanpagne shipped from Cali but it always goes ground and now I need to take my whole collection to Peru and need to know if the bottles will explode if in cargo. I know how to bubble wrap/pack them but will the pressure make them explode
Jul 30, 2017, 8:56 am
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The short answer is no, it shouldn't explode.
I only have one point of reference for bubbles/champagne but I recently brought back a bottle of sparkling wine from Santorini and it traveled JTR - ATH - FCO - ATL - RDU without issue.
I used my normal approach of packing it in one of these https://www.amazon.com/Diaper-Reusab.../dp/B00308FONW and then packing that into the center of my checked bag, but as you noted you've already got a method.
For me the most important thing is making sure if you have multiple bottles of stuff (as I did on that trip), that you pack them in such a way that they don't bang into or rub against each other.
I only have one point of reference for bubbles/champagne but I recently brought back a bottle of sparkling wine from Santorini and it traveled JTR - ATH - FCO - ATL - RDU without issue.
I used my normal approach of packing it in one of these https://www.amazon.com/Diaper-Reusab.../dp/B00308FONW and then packing that into the center of my checked bag, but as you noted you've already got a method.
For me the most important thing is making sure if you have multiple bottles of stuff (as I did on that trip), that you pack them in such a way that they don't bang into or rub against each other.
Jul 31, 2017, 7:21 pm
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I'm not addressing the pressure question.
When I take a bottle with me, I take a shipper (you can buy one at a local wine shop). It's styrofoam to hold the bottle. I then insert the styrofoam containing the wine into a cardboard box (get that at the wine store too).
I've never lost a bottle. If you plan on purchasing multiple bottles, I have one of these > http://shop.thewinecheck.com/ It has wheels and a handle.
dh
When I take a bottle with me, I take a shipper (you can buy one at a local wine shop). It's styrofoam to hold the bottle. I then insert the styrofoam containing the wine into a cardboard box (get that at the wine store too).
I've never lost a bottle. If you plan on purchasing multiple bottles, I have one of these > http://shop.thewinecheck.com/ It has wheels and a handle.
dh
Jul 31, 2017, 7:29 pm
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I'm not addressing the pressure question.
When I take a bottle with me, I take a shipper (you can buy one at a local wine shop). It's styrofoam to hold the bottle. I then insert the styrofoam containing the wine into a cardboard box (get that at the wine store too).
I've never lost a bottle. If you plan on purchasing multiple bottles, I have one of these > http://shop.thewinecheck.com/ It has wheels and a handle.
dh
When I take a bottle with me, I take a shipper (you can buy one at a local wine shop). It's styrofoam to hold the bottle. I then insert the styrofoam containing the wine into a cardboard box (get that at the wine store too).
I've never lost a bottle. If you plan on purchasing multiple bottles, I have one of these > http://shop.thewinecheck.com/ It has wheels and a handle.
dh
Jul 31, 2017, 7:34 pm
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Again, I think the point to original question is not about packing to avoid breakage but more around the pressurization. Cause champagne is already under pressure. I have same question because I get very expensive hanpagne shipped from Cali but it always goes ground and now I need to take my whole collection to Peru and need to know if the bottles will explode if in cargo. I know how to bubble wrap/pack them but will the pressure make them explode
Per my reply regarding the shippers here are ones specific to Champagne. The have many formats and typically will be found in 2/4/6/12 bottle formats for Wine. This link shows many:https://www.uline.com/BL_5450/Wine-Shippers
Safe Travels and Happy Drinking
Jul 31, 2017, 8:00 pm
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Welcome to FT. I live in California and Cali is in Columbia Per my reply regarding the shippers here are ones specific to Champagne. The have many formats and typically will be found in 2/4/6/12 bottle formats for Wine. This link shows many:
https://www.uline.com/BL_5450/Wine-Shippers
Safe Travels and Happy Drinking
Per my reply regarding the shippers here are ones specific to Champagne. The have many formats and typically will be found in 2/4/6/12 bottle formats for Wine. This link shows many:https://www.uline.com/BL_5450/Wine-Shippers
Safe Travels and Happy Drinking
The other thing is that Champagne is not made in California. We do have sparkling wine though. Big, big difference.