How Should I Package Wine for Shipping?
The Indian wine industry has the potential to lead the race in the global wine market. The booming growth in the number of wine consumers in the country is fueling an increase in the number of wine manufacturing companies in India.
For all the manufacturers shipping wine, here is an article to broaden your knowledge on correctly packaging wine bottles and shipping them safely to your customers.
5 Things to Think About when Packaging Wine
- Strong wine bottle packaging for in-transit safety
- Vehicles being used to transport the shipment
- Rules on wine shipping in the region it is being dispatched
- Any restrictions on shipping wine on the transporter
- Wine package should look proper on delivery
5 Steps for Packing Wine Bottle Safely
1. Purchasing the Right Box
For bulk wine shipping, the corrugated boxes with the capacity of carrying several bottles at once would be the best.
But certainly, not all wine consumers will be asking for gallons of wine. So, for all those consumers who buy a limited number of bottles, maybe just a couple of them, you can buy either tuck-in boxes or wine bottle bags.
The white cardboard tuck-in box is made of 3 sheets. These are strong enough to carry the heavyweight of the wine bottles and easy to keep them stable at their place.
The jute wine bottle bag is made to carry only one bottle at a time. With magnetic locks and D-cut handles, these bags make carrying wine easier and safer for sure. The choice of color between orange and pink makes it simpler for you to deliver two or more kinds of wine to the same consumer.
2. Wrapping Bottles
Corrugated rolls or bubble wrap rolls can be used for separating the bottles and keeping them safe from the impact of colliding with each other.
3. Packing in the Right Position
Most commercial wines are shipped, keeping them straight with their corks heading upwards. Although, vintage, fine, premium, good quality, and classic wines are kept flat or in a laid position where their corks remain parallel to the ground.
If you are sure about the storage conditions of your bottle of wine, then you can keep them flat while shipping or storing. But if you are not sure, you might prefer to keep them straight, so there are no chances of leakage from the bottle.
4. Cushioning the Bottles
Keeping multiple bottles in a corrugated box calls for adding a separator to keep the bottles in place and avoid breaking them due to collisions.
5. Using Double Boxes
If you are expecting the transport journey to be bumpy, you can double box for extra safety.
6. Taping for a Final Safety Layer
Care in taping the box close is as essential as keeping the bottles carefully. You can use good quality and printed tape to seal the box and indicate the fragility of the bottles inside.
Rest assured that packaging wine with these tips will make your shipment ready for shipping anywhere. And upon reaching its destination, the aroma, tannin, and all that pleases a sommelier will remain intact when the bottle is opened.
