Need to buy a carrying case that I can put in the hold; needs to be hold a minimum of 6, and preferably up to 12 bottles. Anybody tried any of the cases available?
I love the Wine Check from our own Todd. I’ve lugged it more times than I can remember to several overseas countries and within the States since it came out. Holds 12 bottles* and is still under the weight limit for overseas carriers. Has wheels, is easy to pick up with handles. And well, just works great. Highly recommend it.
*(with a little room for some dirty clothes on the way back if needed)
Interesting item. I went to the page and it pointed to a video on how to use it. I read the comments from others on the video and they seem to be incorrect comments to me. Perhaps Todd should take a look at the comments to the video and make corrections.
Would you like to borrow mine?
I saw it; my one misgiving was that putting wine on the logo, it seemed like an invitation to steal the bag or its contents.
Used the Wine Check (we sell a ton of these in our Tasting Rooms) during my return trip from Tokaj, including a 4 hour layover in Paris. Everything arrived at SFO in perfect shape. I am a huge fan!!
Wine Check is sound science, but I use Wine Cruzer for transporting the high-priced spread. 8-bottle and 5-magnum versions both meet all size and weight restrictions. They make case versions, I think. They are not cheap, several hundred bucks when I last bought, but outstanding for both temperature and protection…
If you have a good wine insurance policy, theft in transit should be covered up to a certain dollar limit ($10,000 per occurrence on my AXA policy)…
Another vote for the wine check. Mine has been overseas with no issues.
you can get it without the logo iirc
I bought a black one without the logo. Works perfectly for me. I hadn’t wanted to buy it with the logo either.
I’ve transported 100+ year old Ports internationally in the Wine Check without any problems.
Not a competition, Andy. I said nothing bad about Wine Check, I just offered another alternative. Two entirely different beasts. One is a sturdy padded cover for a standard wine shipper that offers convenience, portability and good value. The other is some sort of high-impact polymer, airtight and watertight with a form-fitting, foam interior that locks each bottle in place. A WineCruzer costs over 5 times what a Wine Check costs, so nobody will ever accuse it of being a bargain. Apples and oranges. However, if somebody starts throwing 55-pound suitcases on top of my wine carrier, I think that it is safe to say my wine is safer in a WineCruzer than a Wine Check. That said, let’s hope that, whatever jostling may go on, nobody’s wine in transit is taking direct hits from other heavy pieces of luggage, and that the Wine Check will indeed suffice…
Bill not at all taken that way. Just a counter point that you don’t need a super expensive carrier for more expensive bottles.
Odd part is I’ve known of more people who’ve suffered broken bottles using the winecruzer than the wine check. Not sure why…maybe baggage handlers aren’t as rough with the padded wine check as they Re with the hard case??? Just speculating there.
But as mentioned I and friends of mine have transported internationally many times very old and rare (expensive) old bottles in the wine check without issue. I see no reason anymore to spend the extra cash on such carriers as the winecruzer.
(No affiliation to any of them other than a happy customer of the wine check)
+1
I have mine with me on vacation right now (although driving not flying on this one)
That reminds me of a Consumer Reports article a few years back on suitcases. They packed eggs and found that soft-sided bags were as good or better at delivering them intact than fancy hard-sided bags. Go figure.
I use the Wine Check and it has worked great . .I wanted to follow up, however, about the Logo thing. I would not prefer to have such a large logo as, aside from the potential advertising of what’s inside, I travel for mixed business and pleasure and would prefer not to highlight the wines being carried.
I asked about a logo-less (or at least smaller logo) Wine Check and was told they are no longer available. . . does anyone have a line on a plain one, or one with a very small logo?
TIA,
Howard
p.s. if I wasn’t clear, I’m perfectly happy with the product
Mark, mine has no logo and is black. Happy to loan it to you. As you know, we’re close by.
Agree. I don’t like the large logo on the red one. I took red duct tape and covered it, then I wrote my address on the duct tape as a second “luggage tag” in case the main one ever got tore off. The red duct tape color matched really well and covered the logo.
Makes sense. If the goal is to protect something inside from being squished under extreme weight, then hard sided is great. But if the goal is just to absorb routine shocks to cushion the contents, soft does a better job of that.
And another vote for the Wine Check. I have a black one barely perceptible logo, works great!