Packing Champagne
Dec 9th, 2017, 09:01 AM
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with Newbe on this, if you visit a large champagne house they do get broken bottle but only because of high stress points on the bottle under a large number of bottles. Not going to happen in flight
Dec 9th, 2017, 09:28 AM
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I´m with Macross. Just because someone has not had a bottle break themselves does not mean that bottles do not break. Checked luggage can be very roughly handled, bottled contents do break, and it makes a mess.
I have personally seen, on two occasions, red wine bottles break in the overhead storage space. Red wine oozes everywhere, staining everything in its path.
Luckily, there are far fewer wine bottles being carried onboard than there once was.
I have personally seen, on two occasions, red wine bottles break in the overhead storage space. Red wine oozes everywhere, staining everything in its path.
Luckily, there are far fewer wine bottles being carried onboard than there once was.
Dec 9th, 2017, 09:39 AM
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I didn't say they can't break, I said that IME one never has.
My experience: transporting wine and beer personally 4-6 times a year, ordering from wineries 6+ times a year, so 12 experiences per year, multiplied by 4-6 of my friends' similar stats.
<Luckily, there are far fewer wine bottles being carried onboard than there once was.>
There are, in fact, none.
My experience: transporting wine and beer personally 4-6 times a year, ordering from wineries 6+ times a year, so 12 experiences per year, multiplied by 4-6 of my friends' similar stats.
<Luckily, there are far fewer wine bottles being carried onboard than there once was.>
There are, in fact, none.
Dec 9th, 2017, 10:25 AM
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<i>There are, in fact, none.</i>
Macross - If you brought duty free whiskey on board, and your friend brought duty free wine on board, both definitely possible, how do you therefore conclude that there are no wine bottles being carried onboard?
Your two statements are contradictory.
The ever present possibility of duty free wine being carried on board is the very reason why I stated that there are fewer wine bottles being carried onboard than there once was.
Macross - If you brought duty free whiskey on board, and your friend brought duty free wine on board, both definitely possible, how do you therefore conclude that there are no wine bottles being carried onboard?
Your two statements are contradictory.
The ever present possibility of duty free wine being carried on board is the very reason why I stated that there are fewer wine bottles being carried onboard than there once was.
Dec 9th, 2017, 10:53 AM
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Yes, I forgot about duty free, those bottles would be in the cabin. If the OP--remember her?--buys her champagne in duty free, she can experience the thrill of waiting with bated breath to see if her bottles explode in the overhead bin.
Dec 10th, 2017, 10:21 AM
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I live in the Champagne region and I know a little bit about handling and shipping bottles. I could have give you some useful tips if you had answered the questions of the other posters : numbers of bottles, whether you will be on a Champagne tour or not - or just say a little thank you...
Dec 10th, 2017, 10:23 AM
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I've packed champagne plenty of times with no mishaps. But a good friend of mine, returning from France, had wrapped bottles of champagne in dirty clothes. One of the bottles did explode and it shot shards of glass through her husband's suit. So it can happen, but it is unlikely.
Dec 14th, 2017, 08:12 AM
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I would recommend a combined tour of the Pommery cellars + the Villa Demoiselle just across the street.
http://www.champagnevranken.com/en/c...lla-demoiselle
http://www.champagnevranken.com/en/c...lla-demoiselle
Dec 14th, 2017, 08:22 AM
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