Start those shipments...

Tell me about it! I have three going out today!!! I would rather be recieving!!

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Originally posted by mwagner7700:
Just got off the phone with the stores holding my wine for summer, and told them "START SHIPPING!!!" Starting next week, everything should be in transport.

Anyone else started your post-summer shipping yet?

From the east coast, yes; but not from the wset coast.

Houston is in the 60s this week. My shipments shipped Monday.

This is my favorite time of year. I'm a really bad record keeper, but mid-October through mid-November is like Christmas around here. I can't tell you how many times I utter the phrase "Wow - I forgot I ordered that" during this time frame.

Pulled the trigger on most of mine to go out next Monday.

Received about six cases (Bdx, BdM, Barolo, Reisling) last week when the temp was down. Back up to the low 80's this week. Expecting a bunch more next week if it cools down again....

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Originally posted by Ne Kulturny:
From the east coast, yes; but not from the wset coast.

From anywhere if you ship it 2nd day air.

The whole "cooked" wine phenomenon is much ado about nothing. Unless you truck your wine from Cali to NYC in July via ground - there's nothing to worry about.

People (and Im not picking on Kulturny here) get so worked up over minute vibrations on wine, high temps, etc...The fact is, unless your wine is sitting in a FedEx truck for a couple of days at 90+ heat, it will be fine.

May I take advantage of this thread to ask what the typical procedure for shipping works? I understand that one is usually able to control when to ship, but what about the other end of the transaction? Someone over 21 has to be home to sign, I know that, but do you decide the date and time of delivery? I am asking because both my wife and I work, and it's hard for us to stay home, especially if the date is unsure. Also, is it possible to take delivery at the carrier's local office?

Temperatures reached 83 today in Atlanta. Sitting in a brown, the greenhouse effect could easily raise temps over 90. I won’t allow shipments from CA until the first week in Nov and NY can start a week earlier.

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Originally posted by Golf&Pinot Nut:
This is my favorite time of year. I'm a really bad record keeper, but mid-October through mid-November is like Christmas around here. I can't tell you how many times I utter the phrase "Wow - I forgot I ordered that" during this time frame.

I don't like anything traveling to my place till Mid-October. You never know when the temp. will jump to 90F. I don't really cellar anything, so I do not worry too much. I just want what I ahve to be optimal.

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Originally posted by spacewrangler:

The whole "cooked" wine phenomenon is much ado about nothing. Unless you truck your wine from Cali to NYC in July via ground - there's nothing to worry about.

People (and Im not picking on Kulturny here) get so worked up over minute vibrations on wine, high temps, etc...The fact is, unless your wine is sitting in a FedEx truck for a couple of days at 90+ heat, it will be fine.

I totally agree. Especially given most shipments are insulated against temperature fluctuations by a styrofoam shipper.
That being said I do usually let them rest for a few days before consuming.

Christophe:
I've had ups hold shipments at the warehouse before but your luck may vary. I was told the freight is loaded/routed to the truck automatically then an employee has to go on the truck the morning of delivery and physically pull it off. With Fedex I was told they have to make a failed attempt before they will hold it.

Maybe it is an over-reaction, but waiting two more weeks for wines that I won't open for years works just fine for me.

Besides I buy mostly Burgundies which need gentler treatment than those bruising CA Cult Cabs.

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Originally posted by spacewrangler:
The whole "cooked" wine phenomenon is much ado about nothing.

Disagree.

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Originally posted by GreenDrazi:
Temperatures reached 83 today in Atlanta. Sitting in a brown, the greenhouse effect could easily raise temps over 90. I won’t allow shipments from CA until the first week in Nov and NY can start a week earlier.

Agree. Except Drazi's estimate of 90° is probably conservative.

PH

Christophe -- I have all of my wine shipments sent to my office. That is beneficial in more ways than one.

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Originally posted by wino4ever:
With Fedex I was told they have to make a failed attempt before they will hold it.

With Express shipments this is true. With Ground I was told that they don't have any way to hold it for you. So, I'm not sure what they do after three failed attempts.

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Originally posted by Christophe:
... but do you decide the date and time of delivery? I am asking because both my wife and I work, and it's hard for us to stay home, especially if the date is unsure.

Yeah, I have to ship to the office.

Christophe, another vote for having the wine delivered to your business address is that it is less expensive.

Unless the winery "eats" the additional cost, delivery to a residential address will cost about $5 more per box.

I love shipping season!

I hate order season

Ditto!!!

So I got my first order in yesterday... some stuff from WinEx. One of the cases was 6 bottles of the Schild. As I open the box and remove the top part of the shipper, I see it is slightly wine stained. As I start removing the bottles, I noticed one bottle has an ever-so-slight puddle on the bottom. Upon closer inspection of the bottle, I notice the wine bottle is slightly cracked... enough for the smallest bit of wine to leak out. I decided I'd pour it into a decanter, seal it with cling-wrap and drink it with dinner tonight. So, as soon as I pull the cork, the crack goes completely through, and the wine start spilling out the bottom. I quickly poured it into the waiting decanter, but only managed to salvage half the bottle. I'll be posting a TN tomorrow.

F'ing FedEx.

Make sure you pour it through a strainer also. Wouldn't want to be drinking any glass chips.

Got an email that my Schild is coming tomorrow. I hope it fares better.

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Originally posted by Christophe:
May I take advantage of this thread to ask what the typical procedure for shipping works? I understand that one is usually able to control when to ship, but what about the other end of the transaction? Someone over 21 has to be home to sign, I know that, but do you decide the date and time of delivery? I am asking because both my wife and I work, and it's hard for us to stay home, especially if the date is unsure. Also, is it possible to take delivery at the carrier's local office?

Contact your local UPS person and instruct them on exactly what to do; tell Brown what it can do for you. They're pretty organized.