Wine shipping

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I was visiting a vineyard web site (www.talbottvineyards.com) which talked about how sensitive wines are to shipping. Obviously wines are shipped all the time, yet are there any adverse affects from shipping? I mean I wouldn't want to have a great wine shipped (a "bells and whistles" wine ;-) ) and only get a "whistle" because the bells were lost in shipping.....