Two cases from Fass Selections successfully crammed into the cellar!
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Yay - beach in October!! Wine arrivals can wait, no?
Yeah, no.
Yeah, where is that? And there’s a big difference between something sitting outside from one to 3 o’clock in the afternoon then something shipped from a temperature controlled fulfillment house in the morning when it’s in the 50s and in 30 minutes it’s in an entirely different and cooler climate. They are being overly cautious, but it should be fine to ship in proper packaging from temperature controlled facilities in the morning or late afternoon.
And what if UPS/Fedex screws up and boxes are left in a truck for an extra day, etc.? Obviously people can do what they want, but my risk tolerance when temps are > 80 anywhere on a route, for any length of time, is precisely 0%.
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Have them send to a UPS Access Point / FedEx store. They have AC in there and the truck usually drops them off early in the day.
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That’s the temperature at the origination point not the destinations. The wine is going all over the country where temperatures are lower.
It’s a cool heat…
That’s lovely early December weather!
IDK where is Nick based but if it’s above 75° in San Diego I start complaining about the heat with everyone and opening my rosé.
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I do agree that 85+ degrees along the route is not a desirable test for hundreds (or thousands or …) of $$ worth of wine. Truck temps will be higher, still. And those trucks do stop for In n Out Burgers…
My point above is what is the issue with waiting a week or 2? This from a So Cal resident who doesn’t have to worry about the other end of the temp spectrum.
I definitely worry about trucks coming down the Central Valley through Bakersfield when it is still 80-90+ with wine. The wine then goes inland to Bloomington, Rialto, Colton, etc to a distribution warehouse overnight and then into Orange County for me. Its usually the same temperature inland as it is in Bakersfield.
I opt for later in the year deliveries to try and avoid any heat along the route but we have much less to worry about coming straight down I5 than going across the country.