How to pack and ship a bottle of wine by mail or courier

When travelling around the world, you might like to visit some famous wine regions, such as in France, Italy, Argentina or New Zealand. You might also want to buy some wine bottles to send as gifts to your friends and family or simply to enjoy them yourself back home. In this case, you may find yourself asking how to properly pack a bottle of wine to ensure safe transit and what is the best wine courier service to send it? Once you decide to ship a bottle of wine to your friends and family by post or courier service, you will only have to reserve the shipping service and pack the wine properly for shipping. But do not worry, we have compiled a set of instructions on how to pack and ship a bottle of wine by mail or courier.

How to place an order for shipping wine by courier service?

Your only task is to pack your shipment correctly and book the service on our website. We will take care of everything else and organize the delivery with the selected courier service provider. Your parcel will be collected from your chosen address and delivered to the destination of your choice.

If you are not exactly sure how to send a bottle of wine or what are the exact rules and guidelines on wine shipping, do not hesitate to contact our friendly customer service specialists. They will provide you with the necessary information.

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Here are some tips before booking shipping services with Eurosender:

• First, check what are the dimensions and weight of your parcel as the final price will depend on these two parameters. At Eurosender, we have provided a convenient Shipment Size Checker to help you choose the right type of shipping service. Don’t worry if your shipment won’t be eligible for standard shipping. All you will have to do in this case is ask for an Individual offer and we will prepare a customized offer just for you.

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• For some countries, couriers or services you might have to print the label and attach it to the wine package by yourself. We will provide you with all the information once you’ll finish your reservation.
• Be present at the pickup. If you won’t be able to deliver the package yourself to the courier driver, try to ask someone you trust to do it instead of you. Also, make sure you book the shipment a few working days in advance. This will avoid delays when sending wine as a gift to a friend or relative.

How to send wine bottles internationally with a courier company

Shipping wine requires some care and planning as the shipping process can have an effect on its quality. Especially when exposed to changes in temperature. We prepared these simple guidelines to help you properly pack and send a bottle of wine safely.

Wine packaging materials for safe delivery by courier

Proper wine packaging is of crucial importance in order for your parcel to safely arrive at the chosen destination. It ensures that the quality of wine does not get affected while also preventing the bottles from getting damaged. The packaging materials needed for pack bottles for wine delivery are the following:

1. Three cardboard boxes of various sizes – the boxes you are planning to use need to be sturdy and without any dents in order to handle heavy weight. If you cannot find a new box, you can also get used ones at your local supermarket. However, you need to check their quality and state before using them for your shipment.

2. Cardboard carton – which will act as a platform for the bottles of wine. You will use the carton to separate the wine bottles in order to prevent friction between bottles or even one bottle crashing into another during transit.

3. Wrapping material – bubble wrap is ideal for protecting the glass bottles. It can be bought at any stationery or hardware store. You can also use paper, carton or any other material instead.

4. Polystyrene – it should be thick enough to secure and keep bottles in place.

5. Adhesive tape – needed for sealing and thoroughly covering the shipment.

6. Scissors – for cutting the cardboard box and/or other materials into suitable sizes.

How to package wine for shipping internationally by mail or courier

Shipping wine by using standard shipping services can be a bit tricky. However, carefully securing a few bottles in an ordinary package and sending them away is neither impossible nor uncommon. In case you are sending a small number of bottles of wine and plan to send them using standard courier services, you just need to make sure that you pack them properly.

Packing a bottle of wine is practically the same as packing any other bottle, like a bottle of olive oil or beer for example.

1. Wrap the bottles. To ensure maximum protection, wrap each bottle individually. For this, you can use bubble wrap, tissue paper, carton or any other material that will effectively protect your bottles against shocks that they might encounter during the transit and handling. You might also want to wrap each bottle in a plastic bag, which will protect your package as well as other shipments in case of spillage.
2. Put the bottles into a small carton box. When the bottles are wrapped and protected, put them into a smaller box. Make sure you separate the bottles from one another using cardboard dividers. You can make these at home. Then use additional cushioning material to fill any empty spaces left and seal the box.
3. Place the smaller box into a larger one. Put a sealed smaller box into a larger one. Again, fill any empty spaces using cushioning materials, then secure the boxes together and seal them with tape.
4. Protect the box containing the smaller one. Take some sheets of polystyrene and cut them so they fit all the sides of the bigger cardboard box. This structure will act as an additional layer of protection against any shocks your bottles of wine might encounter during transportation. Secure these sheets to each side of the box with tape.
5. Put everything into the third box. Fill any empty space left with cushioning material. Cover the smaller inner box with more layers of polystyrene before closing and sealing the third box.
6. Seal the biggest box and label it (if needed). Close the box and seal all the flaps and corners with tape. Be generous since wine bottles are heavy and you do not want them to fall out of the box. Moreover, you can also add a sign “Fragile” or “Handle with care” on the top of your wine packaging. Even though the courier is not required to take this warning into consideration when handling your shipment, the sign can still act as an indication of your parcel’s content.

The reasons to send wine internationally by courier

There are many reasons why our customers decided to ship a bottle of wine using a courier service. These were their most frequent ones:

• Buying wine abroad. When travelling to France, Italy, Argentina, New Zealand or to another country famous for its wines, it is difficult to resist the temptation of buying a bottle of tasty wine. Whether they were looking to ship some wine from Portugal or Spain to USA or from Italy to Ireland, the customers travelling only with cabin luggage had to find an appropriate solution for sending their wine bottles and found the services offered at our website the perfect fit.
• Selling wine. Some of our customers are also small wineries and use our platform to send wine bottles to their customers abroad. They agree that the shipping services offered through Eurosender come in very handy when they need transportation.
• Send wine as a gift. Expats or exchange students living abroad like to teach their friends and family back home about the culture or food in their new country of living. Therefore, they will frequently send products from their new home, such as wine, to people they care about using our door-to-door delivery services.

In case you have any additional concerns regarding wine delivery or if you are still not sure how to send wine gift safely, you can always turn to our customer support team and they will be more than happy to help you.

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Take into consideration these guidelines when deciding for wine delivery. Nevertheless, please consider that following them does not guarantee that the courier company will transport your package without restriction. In case you decide to send a bottle of wine, Eurosender will not be held responsible for any damages caused by the transportation of your shipment.