The next time you travel to a wine-y destination, don't let TSA regulations stop you from bringing back a couple souvenir bottles. Though you still can't bring wine onto airplanes in carry-on luggage, you can stash a couple bottles in your suitcase.
Yeah right, you say, but what if they break? No need to worry about getting Brunello all over your boxers if you bring along a couple Wine Skins. I first encountered these handy little bubble-wrap wine sleeves a few months ago, at the opening of Souverain's new tasting room in Healdsburg. Just slide your bottle into the wine-shaped plastic pouch, seal it and shash it in your suitcase along with your unmentionables. Even if the bottle breaks--which is unlikely, since the Wine Skin is made of extra-thick bubble wrap--the sleeve is leakproof. Pretty cool, eh? They cost just a few bucks each. Find out where to get 'em at http://www.ftscontent.com/.
If that's too much work, you can do what I did on my last trip to Italy: drag along a couple wine-shipping boxes in an empty suitcase. You won't need to ship the boxes home, just place the wine safely inside the Styrofoam, seal the boxes up and check them along with your luggage.
Bon Voyage!
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Posted by: Best Travel Websites Guide | June 12, 2008 at 12:03 AM
These make a lot of sense. I checked the web site and could not tell if the "skins" are reusable... yes?
Posted by: Tish | June 13, 2008 at 06:56 AM
Yes, they are reusable, though the adhesive gets less sticky after a couple uses. You can always resort to packing tape...
Posted by: winebroad | June 13, 2008 at 09:16 AM
Very useful bags, specially for online shops as mine.
Posted by: DeBlancoaTinto | November 04, 2008 at 03:40 AM