I don’t think it’s just wineries lying about ‘cold chain’, I think it is the companies providing the service themselves. Isn’t most of this service contracted out, and we know what happens when things get outsourced: shortcuts and cheaper alternatives.
I got the same email, wrote them and told them we were still at least 6 weeks away from being able to ship and they thanked me for contacting them. This was just a reminder.
my concern is that even with cold chain, my house is at the end of the day on the delivery route. that means that the final stage delivery truck (still not climate controlled with cold chain shipping) leaves at 9am and delivers my wine at about 4:30pm. it was still 90 degrees here today. I have only gotten one wine shipment in styro and all the rest have been in cardboard molds. I’m gonna continue to be nervous about that on a hot day. especially because the weather predictions here in SC are reliably 5 degrees lower than measured ones.