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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Chippy76 on November 25, 2011, 08:51:16 AM
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Hey Swaggers ...
Does anyone have any good tips of tried and proven ways to transport their prized bottles of wine when you head off in the CT ? Nothing is worse than getting to a location and finding the wine bottle has broken and deprived you of a nice relaxing drink. Even worse, that everything now smells of wine and his a nice wine stain on it! :S
:worthles:
Cheers Chippy :D
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Some nice cask wines out there :cheers: :cheers:
When I lived on Cocos Island we used to send bottles back in 100mm pvc pipe.
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Styrofoam wine boxes?? http://www.vinkempackaging.com.au/index.php/foam (http://www.vinkempackaging.com.au/index.php/foam)
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What about these, I have some tinnie tubes that I have not tried out yet
http://www.msa4x4.com/Products/WineStubbieTubes.asp (http://www.msa4x4.com/Products/WineStubbieTubes.asp)
GG
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Cheapest way is to stuff them in some old thick hiking socks and stand them upright where possible.... but preferably not over the axle.
LJ
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We just have one of those "Coles Liquorland" soft carry bags that has dividers, fits 6 bottles [usually just enough for a weekend away LOL] - the wine travels in the 4by, not the CT and has plenty of stuff around it. Never had any troubles.
Have seen where some people use plastic poly pipe [sized to the bottle] or there are many business's that have promotional "stubby cooler" type bags for individual bottles.
White wine travels well packed in lots of ice.
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Join a wine club.
They send their deliveries in a divided cardboard box - one for each bottle.
I stack my box behind the drivers seat in close proximity to the end user.
:cheers: (we need a new emoticon - one with a wine glass, not pot of beer).
Perhaps one with a can of JD also.
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If you go to Dan Murphy's they stack the empty boxes near the checkouts to pack your purchases in. There are often wine boxes there with the moulded cardboard inserts for wine bottles.
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I used a couple of those rubber floor mats - the ones with holes in you put down outside your camper. Slice them up so that you can assemble the pieces like a milk crate with another piece on the bottom. The bottles stand upright, no problem these days with screw caps. :D You'll need somewhere to put this, as you'll need side supports. Mine fitted very neatly under one of the seats of the Crown :D
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Give em to me, I'll make sure the bottle gets there safe & sound. Might be missing the contents though.
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Wow ! some great ideas there! (except yours Noel!) lol
Cheers Chippy :D
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Give em to me, I'll make sure the bottle gets there safe & sound. Might be missing the contents though.
send him the white poision, and the red wine to me for sampling.....
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send him the white poision, and the red wine to me for sampling.....
I'm a bit confused, I know there's two types of wine but "There are two types of wine essentially, and everybody knows this. There’s the one where you drink it and go, "Mmmm, well that’s ok, can we get 8 of those please, give us 8 of those." There’s the other one, you know, where you go "Ga…bt…jesus, WHAT is that?" Very, very occasionally I concede you will hit a subtle one. You know, where you go "Ga…ba…ah, actually that’s not that bad, that is. It’s quite nice."- Dylan Moran
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I'm a bit confused, I know there's two types of wine but "There are two types of wine essentially, and everybody knows this. There’s the one where you drink it and go, "Mmmm, well that’s ok, can we get 8 of those please, give us 8 of those." There’s the other one, you know, where you go "Ga…bt…jesus, WHAT is that?" Very, very occasionally I concede you will hit a subtle one. You know, where you go "Ga…ba…ah, actually that’s not that bad, that is. It’s quite nice."- Dylan Moran
classic - remember that episode well! I nearly choked on my merlot at the time. :cup:
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The best way to transport your wine is inside you.....
Drink it first before you go. No breakage at all.
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How come we dont have a wine & wineries thread?
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We use either 6 bottle box from the bottle-o or supermarket shopping bags (the coloured ones with the plastic bit in the bottom - holds 8 bottles) and put the cardboard dividers (as mentioned above - from wine club cartons). Works a treat and fits nicely behind the drivers seat.
The most extravagent trip was taking 18 bottles in the old defunct esky!
Happy and safe travels
Matt n Anne
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How come we dont have a wine & wineries thread?
Coldstream Hills Reserve Shiraz. or any coldstream hills wine.. I miss workin there :(
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Cheapest way is to stuff them in some old thick hiking socks and stand them upright where possible.... but preferably not over the axle.
LJ
Sorry all, have to apologise for my earlier post... seems I missed the mark with you lot.
I mean really, who of you guys is gonna have enough old socks to put all your bottles in!
Looks like I forgot who my target audience is ;D
You pack of alco's...
LJ
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Sorry all, have to apologise for my earlier post... seems I missed the mark with you lot.
I mean really, who of you guys is gonna have enough old socks to put all your bottles in!
Looks like I forgot who my target audience is ;D
You pack of alco's...
LJ
No problems here!!
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We just wrap the wine in our towels, I figure we take towels camping anyway
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Hey Swaggers ...
Does anyone have any good tips of tried and proven ways to transport their prized bottles of wine when you head off in the CT ?
Nothing is worse than getting to a location and finding the wine bottle has broken and deprived you of a nice relaxing drink. Even worse, that everything now smells of wine and his a nice wine stain on it! :S
Best and only way I'm aware of to carry wine bottles so they won't create problems is to empty them first
one at a time is usually a good rate
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i use one of these things, had it for years, if you live in melbourne come around and i'll give ya one for free
(http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/x429/jackbparsons/DSCN2147.jpg)
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just noticed your location, maybe a bit too far to travel ;D
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an idea stolen from ultimate campers is PVC pipe cut to length and glued together to your disired qty or custom fit to a cupboard in the camper :cheers:
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Bubble wrap.
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X2 for towels. I travelled around aus for 6 months in a campervan collecting wine from all the right regions. I kept them wrapt in towels laying down and did not have one breakage. As variflex says, you take the towels anyway so why not put them to good use!
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I just saw these on the MSA website .... seems like a good idea to me!
http://www.msa4x4.com/Products/Tubes/WineStubbieTubes.asp (http://www.msa4x4.com/Products/Tubes/WineStubbieTubes.asp)
Cheers Chippy :D
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An other wise useless plastic esky full of bean bag styrene foam has worked for many years for us.
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I just stuff a carton or two under a seat in the poptop and have had no problems. By the time the carton is getting a bit empty, I have made enough of an inroad to the beer supply so I have some Spare cardboard to stuff in the wine box to stop any rattles!
Oh and by the way, a winemaker once told me all good wines want to be a red when they grow up!!!! :cheers:
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Dan Murphy has neoprene bottle covers for a couple of dollars each. They work brilliantly and have handles built in to make it easy to carry.
Just like oversized stubby holders.