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Safeguard Your Wine During Air Travel
Date: 07/13/2007
What's a true wine connoisseur to do when they've got to submit their expensive, hand-picked vintages to the harsh treatment of airline bag handlers, hot runway tarmacs, and the like?
Since a wine bottle exceeds new Transportation Security Administration (TSA) restrictions on how much liquid a passenger can carry onto an airline, it's forced wine lovers to put even a single bottle in their luggage. But stowing costly wine bottles in luggage can lead to a host of problems including breakage and compromised quality from shock, vibration and temperature fluctuation during loading, unloading, layovers, searches and ground travel. These restrictions have forced a whole new approach to traveling with cherished wine bottles.
Sock stuff no more
Airline passengers relying on suitcases for protection may resort to stuffing precious wine bottles in socks or between clothes. Some even stick the wine inside a plastic bag, just in case. Then they cross their fingers hoping the bottles won't break. One connoisseur on a wine web site said she was more concerned about losing the wine than ruining her clothes. Given the dropping, smashing, and piling that luggage must sometimes endure when loading and unloading a plane, this is hardly a solution.
"I want to share good wine with good friends, but don't want to put bottles in my suitcase," says Leslie Fisher, a professional technology speaker who expects to fly 100,000 miles this year. "I'd worry about breakage; and once I got to the event, the idea of carrying the wine in my suitcase or hand-carrying the bottles isn't appealing."
There are less inexpensive alternatives, such as styrofoam containers, leather carriers or picnic-type baskets, but these don't provide enough protection for valuable bottles or aren't designed for reuse under the rigors of harsh air and ground travel. Once a styrofoam container crushes or crumbles under shock or pressure, for instance, it won't return to its original shape.
Safeguard your wine
For connoisseurs no longer willing to subject their fine wines to the whims of airline baggage handlers, temperature fluctuation or even compromising light or air exposure, there's a new wine carrier designed to unconditionally safeguard your wine when traveling, WineCruzer wine cases, crafted by WineCruzer (www.winecruzer.com), a Montclair, California-based innovator of protective wine transport cases.
Developed in response to new Transportation Security Administration (TSA) regulations for airline check on luggage, the TSA-compliant wine carriers, in 2, 4, 5, 6, and 8 bottle versions, protect valuable wine against all elements in a hard shelled case so durable it has an unconditional lifetime warranty.
While both the ergonomically designed wheeled and handled versions check in as airline luggage, what make them unique is their combination of virtually indestructible outer shell with protection for wine bottles against shock, vibration, temperature fluctuation, air, water and light, along with an ability to accommodate bottles in a variety of sizes. The decanter 5 pack wine carrier, for instance, not only can hold four standard 750 ml bottles and a PAX or standard champagne bottle, but also a decanter. It even holds up to magnum size, except Krug, when an adjustable sleeve is removed from the decanter slot.
Fisher, who's tried the decanter 5 pack wine carrier on a recent cross-country business trip, appreciates its versatility and ruggedness. "It holds all the different bottle sizes I want to carry, and gives me peace of mind. I don't have to worry about the safety of my wine from door to door." On the trip, she found no seepage, cork movement or other disturbance, and was able to share the wine with friends shortly upon arrival.
Once the wine connoisseur seals the wine carrier, it's air, water, and light tight even at 30,000 feet. Within the wine carrier, each bottle is surrounded and cushioned by a special closed cell foam designed to absorb shock, impact, and vibration. Because the closed cell foam returns to its original shape after each impact, unlike styrofoam, it provides continual long-term protection to fragile wine bottles and their often hard to replace vintages.
Since the closed cell foam also provides thermal insulation, with a high insulation R-value similar to styrofoam, it can help protect wine or champagne bottles from potentially damaging thermal fluctuation. An option to place gel ice packs in the five bottle wine carrier enhances temperature control. The closed cell foam's dark color, like the dark hue of a quality wine bottle, provides further protection from exposure to light that could subtlely alter the composition of fine wines.
So connoisseurs can protect their wine and transport it with ease, the wheeled versions of the WineCruzer wine carrier allow it to roll across airports, guided by telescoping handles that hideaway for easy packing and compact storage. Metal reinforced padlock protectors also provide added security and theft protection during travel; and secure, corrosion-proof latches allow easy opening and closing when necessary to display contents at airline security checkpoints.
For wine connoisseurs with greater transport needs, 12 and 24 bottle wine carrier options are also available. For more info, visit http://winecruzer.com; call 800-440-9925 in the U.S. or 909-613-1547 internationally; fax 909-613-1979; or write to WineCruzer at 4665 State Street, Montclair, CA 91763.
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