any good tips for taking a good amount of wine on an airplane?

vash · vash's Garage

flying southwest airlines to denver. thanksgiving.

to my sister's. putting up with her bullkrap will require wine; lots of wine. say 6 bottles. gotta be something better than wrapping it up with my underwear, and using hardsided luggage. any BTDT's?

JavaBrewer · JavaBrewer's Garage

Why not buy the wine in Denver? Not sure if you can check it as baggage but definitely won't be able to carry on.

RPKESQ · 11-19-2009, 08:58 AM

1) Ship it FedEx.

2) Pack it is heavy bubblewrap and check it in.

3) Drink it first just before the flight, then the Thanksgiving is more fun for all

vash · vash's Garage

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Originally Posted by JavaBrewer

Why not buy the wine in Denver? Not sure if you can check it as baggage but definitely won't be able to carry on.

i have some great friends in the business. they pass on some ridiculous savings on to me. i have built up quite the stash. would love to travel with some of it. hard to go back to paying full retail.

daepp · 11-19-2009, 09:08 AM

I use those new neoprene sleeves. You can get them at places like BevMo or nice winse shops and they do a great job of protecting the bottles.

carambola · carambola's Garage

how cold does it get in the luggage hold of an airplane?
will that affect the wine?

legion · 11-19-2009, 09:19 AM

Body cavity.

fingpilot · 11-19-2009, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by carambola

how cold does it get in the luggage hold of an airplane?
will that affect the wine?

Most holds do not get that cold. It's a 2 hour flight from Baghdad By The Bay to Denver. I second the neo sleeves.

Have fun, I think our sisters are related.

VincentVega · 11-19-2009, 09:45 AM

Fedex or take your chances in your luggage. If you have to pay to check bags Fedex will be cheaper. How much are you saving on the vino?

legion · 11-19-2009, 09:49 AM

Seriously, I noticed these products the last time I flew:

Aluminum Travel Wine Safe | Home Living | SkyMall

silver356 · 11-19-2009, 09:52 AM

I dont know about the neoprene, but BevMo has styrofoam shipping containers with the outer box for 2, 4, 6 bottles of wine. Just buy one of those, and check it. I take wine on my trips all the time, and thats what I do. Southwest doesnt charge for checking luggage if I'm not mistaken, so it will be way cheaper that Fedex.

cstreit · cstreit's Garage

Remember that you will have to check it, so it will be subject to the manipulations of the baggage staff. I'd make sure the case is bomb-proof. Additionally you may find yourself slapped with an extra luggage fee that negates your savings to some extent.

The Gaijin · 11-19-2009, 12:19 PM

Denver has good wine stores.

Keep her to three bottles. One at the gate, two in her carry on.

Enjoy your bird.

red-beard · red-beard's Garage

Buy in Denver or ship Fedex

Racerbvd · Racerbvd's Garage

I use Great Stuff spray foam to ship breakables.

CROWSC · 11-19-2009, 02:42 PM

Take a cork screw

mossguy · 11-19-2009, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by cstreit

Remember that you will have to check it, so it will be [I]subject to the manipulations of the baggage staff[/I]. I'd make sure the case is bomb-proof. Additionally you may find yourself slapped with an extra luggage fee that negates your savings to some extent.

This alone would force my decision to Fedex it!

Best,
Tom

Shadetree930 · 11-19-2009, 05:33 PM

One bottle of good Scotch ... will do all the damage you would get from many bottles of wine.

motion · 11-19-2009, 05:39 PM

Don't take good wine for family. Save it for important stuff

Looking_for_911 · 11-19-2009, 05:44 PM

On my first trip to Key West back in the early 80's I was quite pleased to run across a liquor store that sold Boodles Gin, the same brand that John D. MacDonald's "Travis McGee" character drank - after his Plymouth Gin days.
I had always wanted to try it but being in liqour controlled Alabama our "State Stores" didn't have it on the shelf.
I had bought a fifth from the purveyor of fine spirits in KW and proceeded to drink it all in a couple days as my mind wandered and pen danced across paper writing tales that'd never sell.
When my time was up I knew I had to bring home some Boodles, but how. Delta had runied a bag or two for me in the past, so what to do.
Well, I bought a University of Miami gym bag, one with a small lock, and took all of the sweat shirts and sweat pants - it was a Winter trip, mind you - and wrapped up three fifth bottles in layer after layer of soft cotton clothes for the flight home.
Somehow, some way, they made the flight just fine! Maybe I was just lucky.