Wine Tote?

[quijote]

I do a bit of travelling and am thinking of buying a wine tote. What should I look for?

What does a wine tote usually include? Should glasses come with it? Any hints on how to tell a good tote from a bad tote?

And where would I find such a thing? A place like Target? Online? How much should I pay for a good tote?

Thank you...

[Innkeeper]

Mine is a Picnic Time (http://www.picnictime.com/estate_classic.html), and never leave home without it. It costs around $30. Has an outside insulated compartment for a bottle of wine. Inside compartment holds two glasses (acrilic quickly replaced by glass), two napkins, a stopper, and an excellent (half inch across) waiters pal opener. I have a green nylon one. They come in other colors, and for slightly more $$ in a denim finish.

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[ShortWiner]

You can probably get one here at the wines.com store.

[hotwine]

I bought one at the Container Store last year, made by California Innovations. Holds two bottles (one in an insulated compartment), or one bottle and a couple of glasses. I normally carry two bottles, and package the glasses, corkscrew etc. separately. It's made of a black canvass material with both a handle and a shoulder strap. Think it was about $20. Remember thinking at the time that the price was the lowest I had encountered for a wine tote.
See it at http://store.ca-innovations.com/merchant.ihtml?pid=80&lastcatid=6&step=4

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[quijote]

Thank you, All of these suggestions are very helpful.

--Q