Wine shipping is simply the act of importing or exporting (Going to or from a country with a given product) wine itself. It can in some ways be complicated due to the laws of a given country, or have tariffs (taxes assoxiated with import/export of specifict goods) but wine is commonly easy to ship. The shipping is notable simply because wine is only able to be made well in a handful of places on the planet due to climate and seasons, meaning most wine is made there and exported across the globe, thus, wine shipping.
There are several postal companies that offer wine shipping. Some of them include Cape Grape & Wine Logistics, Speek Link Transport and Premier Wine Shipping.
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Shipping wine isn't too expensive but also depends on what type.of shipping you want to pay for and also how much you are shipping. Also it is safe as long as you package it good.
BoxGiver has free wine boxes that people give away
I believe you need a license to ship wine. UPS does offer wine shipping to authorized wine shippers, so I would try UPS.com for more information. If you'd like to become authorized to ship wine I would suggest asking UPS how that might be done.
You can get free shipping on a wine bottle rack at stores like Wal-Mart and Target. Theses stores offer free shipping for items over a certain dollar amount so if your order is over that amount then your shipping is free. Another option is searching Ebay and looking for free shipping as a search criteria.
Boxes used to ship wine should be thick enough to protect the bottle from damage. You can find such boxes by contacting companies that produce specialty shipping boxes.
Various websites offer free shipping on wine gift baskets. These sites include Wine Basket, Wine (though in this case shipping is one cent on orders or $49 or more), Van's Gifts, Wine Country Gift Baskets (for selected gift baskets), and Capalbo's Online.
The best type of shipping boxes for transporting fragile bottles of wine would be the type of boxes that have sectioned off cubbies. This type of box has four snug corrugated walls around each wine bottle so they don't bash into each-other during transit.
Wine gift baskets can be shipped to most states. However, certain states have regulations prohibiting shipping of wine gift baskets to their states or to certain regions within their states.
You can go to your local Pottery Barn or Bed Bath and Beyond to get wine decanters. If you want to pay for shipping, you can also find them online at Amazon.
waitrose wine directly through their site ranges from about $10.00 to upwards of $340.00(plus shipping of course) a bottle. you can also purchase their wines by the case