Buying wine online

[Nguigmi]

Not sure what forum to post this in so here goes:

Is it safe to buy wine online? How is it usually shipped? Will it freeze on the way here? [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/eek.gif[/img] Has anyone any good/bad experiences they'd like to share?

Nguigmi

[Innkeeper]

Here are some of the people I deal with:
Retailers:
http://www.popswine.com/
http://www.is-wine.com/index.html
http://www.southernwines.com/
Wineries:
http://www.tobinjames.com/about.asp
http://www.mountpleasant.com/
Have not had any real bad experiances, maybe two broken bottles over many years. Never had it freeze either, even this winter. Some arrived very cold, but got over it. Always check and see what the S&H will be. Anything over $24 ($2 per bottle) is usually not worth it.

[This message has been edited by Innkeeper (edited 03-07-2003).]

[stevebody]

Let me chime in here with a plug for the place I work. Esquin.com is the online wing of Esquin Wine Merchants, Washington state's largest wine shop. I help pull 'net orders every day, in addition to working with in-shop customers, and we have loyal customers all over the country, with the largest group concentrated in the Northeast. We ship everywhere and have enough buying clout to get hard-to-find stuff that a lot of shops in this end of the country can't secure. Check out the website and see what you think. My name's Steve, so you have a connection there already! I've looked into the ones mentioned already and have bought from some of them myself. They're all good and frequently offer some gems, so by all means don't think of this as an attempt to get you to give them up. Just add us to your list and use us whenever you need a WA selection, especially. This month, in fact, is Washington Wine Month for us (Taste of WA is going on in Seattle this weekend) so our stock is massive right now.

[June]

You ship anywhere? They let you do that to Texas? If so, I'm on the bandwagon!