Wine Delivery in Wisconsin Winter Temps

[John_Glas]

Likely corks will pop and it will be a mess. Had it happened a few times. If they shipped and it was set up for spring full refund.

Even if the corks don’t pop the wine will be ruined in this cold.

Why would you have wine ship in the winter?

Same thing that happened to original poster.

[John_Glas]

I think the bottles will most likely be fine; if they are damaged it should be obvious.

They won’t be if they are sitting in a vehicle not in transit over night tonight. Coolest temps of the year.

An air shipment sits overnight in a vehicle??

No the plane pulls up to the house! You are a shipping expert? The trucks get the wine packages from the plane. You think if it arrives at 6:00 at night that all trucks sit in heated warehouses? They might sit over night and last night was not a good night for that as it was the coldest night of the year.

[John_Morris]

The coldest time will be the last mile (or perhaps last overnight). Watch the tracking progress. I agree it is most likely to sit overnight somewhere warmer than Wisconsin. If that is the case, The temperature you receive it at will essentially be the coldest it ever gets. Touch a bottle, see how cold it feels compared to a fridge temp (32-34 F). If it seems close to that, I would say you are fine.

FYI, standard fridge temp is 40F, actually.

As I recall, the freezing temperature of wine is in the low 20s, varying with the alcohol level.

[John_Morris]

The first concern is why did they ship the wine? What winery if they said spring shipping decides to ship wine to Wisconsin during the coldest temps of the year. Adding insult to the Packers losing I guess.

Maybe they were celebrating by shipping early. In Northern California, the Packers’ loss is viewed as a plus.

[MChang]

They won’t be if they are sitting in a vehicle not in transit over night tonight. Coolest temps of the year.

An air shipment sits overnight in a vehicle??

No the plane pulls up to the house! You are a shipping expert? The trucks get the wine packages from the plane. You think if it arrives at 6:00 at night that all trucks sit in heated warehouses? They might sit over night and last night was not a good night for that as it was the coldest night of the year.

2 day air will sit somewhere else usually. I have hundreds of packages shipped FedEx air a year and they almost always sit in Indianapolis or Memphis.

[John_Glas]

An air shipment sits overnight in a vehicle??

No the plane pulls up to the house! You are a shipping expert? The trucks get the wine packages from the plane. You think if it arrives at 6:00 at night that all trucks sit in heated warehouses? They might sit over night and last night was not a good night for that as it was the coldest night of the year.

2 day air will sit somewhere else usually. I have hundreds of packages shipped FedEx air a year and they almost always sit in Indianapolis or Memphis.

Where do they go from there? I assume they will go to Wisconsin. When they land I assume they go on a vehicle for delivery. If things go perfect they come off the plane go to distribution center and quick turn around to the destination. If things don’t go well they will sit on a truck outside over night.

[Bdklein]

Tyler , I hope it goes ok. Check the tracking information for the package to get a feel for the route the package took/takes. I think you will be pleasantly surprised that it didn’t linger in a delivery truck overnight .

[MattBerto]

How do you think they make ice wine people?? It’ll be fine, relax.

[jordan_whitehead]

How do you think they make ice wine people?? It’ll be fine, relax.

1 has nothing to do with the other

[MChang]

No the plane pulls up to the house! You are a shipping expert? The trucks get the wine packages from the plane. You think if it arrives at 6:00 at night that all trucks sit in heated warehouses? They might sit over night and last night was not a good night for that as it was the coldest night of the year.

2 day air will sit somewhere else usually. I have hundreds of packages shipped FedEx air a year and they almost always sit in Indianapolis or Memphis.

Where do they go from there? I assume they will go to Wisconsin. When they land I assume they go on a vehicle for delivery. If things go perfect they come off the plane go to distribution center and quick turn around to the destination. If things don’t go well they will sit on a truck outside over night.

Almost certainly not for air packages. It’s not impossible but i haven’t seen that behavior in thousands of shipments.

[John_Glas]

I appreciate the feedback on this. I don’t want to put the producer/winery out of money when it was clearly a miscommunication, but at the same time, if there is even a slight risk to the bottles being compromised, I hate having to feel like I need to open one immediately just to make sure. I clearly stated up front when I ordered it is far too cold to ship until March (at the earliest) for this very reason.

I would not worry at all putting them out of money when you clearly made it clear not to ship! They should know better anyway. When a business makes a mistake like this a good business will take care of the consumer.

[Bdklein]

2 day air will sit somewhere else usually. I have hundreds of packages shipped FedEx air a year and they almost always sit in Indianapolis or Memphis.

Where do they go from there? I assume they will go to Wisconsin. When they land I assume they go on a vehicle for delivery. If things go perfect they come off the plane go to distribution center and quick turn around to the destination. If things don’t go well they will sit on a truck outside over night.

Almost certainly not for air packages. It’s not impossible but i haven’t seen that behavior in thousands of shipments.

As you state ; air packages usually
don’t sit in a delivery vehicle overnight . And they usually don’t sit at the distribution center very long.

[Al_Osterheld]

The OP’s wine will eventually arrive, and the corks will be pushed (or bottles shattered), or not, then he can decide what to do. But, it’s the seal on the bottle that matters.

-Al

[Tyler_F]

Wines landed at the Hodgkins, IL hub tonight and are in-transit to WI tonight. Temps are as cold tonight as last night, but still single digits for plenty of the night.

Will post an update tomorrow when they land. Fingers crossed. I appreciate all of the perspectives and advice shared here. It’s why WB is the best!

[PeterH]

I’d be surprised if the corks are not pushed out, and you receive wine slushie.
If that is the case, take pictures for documentation, then thaw the wine in the refrigerator, pushing the cork back in as soon as you can.
You should get compensation for the damaged wine.
It will probably still be quite drinkable, although long ageing will not be advised.

[Gabe_Berk]

Ask in good faith they reship wines. There are only two answers. Yes or no.

[Tyler_F]

Wine landed today. Immediately opened the box and while the bottles were very cold to the touch, the wine “glug’d” freely as I turned it upside down and there were no obvious signs of the cork having been pushed up.

Had it landed tomorrow, it would certainly have been a different story.

[R_Frankel]

Gratz. One less worry.

[Bdklein]

Wine landed today. Immediately opened the box and while the bottles were very cold to the touch, the wine “glug’d” freely as I turned it upside down and there were no obvious signs of the cork having been pushed up.

Had it landed tomorrow, it would certainly have been a different story.

Glad it worked out . Stinks they shipped it though .

And I’m shocked John was wrong .

[Bdklein]

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Wine landed today. Immediately opened the box and while the bottles were very cold to the touch, the wine “glug’d” freely as I turned it upside down and there were no obvious signs of the cork having been pushed up.

Had it landed tomorrow, it would certainly have been a different story.

Curious what packing/packaging materials were used?