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Dale Williams
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testing the cold weather
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(Eric Reichenbach) writes:
>Recently I
>ordered wine from a retailer in D.C. They will not ship to me right now
>because it is too cold. I asked for them to go ahead anyway, but they
>still will not unless I sign a "release form."
Calvert-Woodley, hmm?
> I decided to do a
>little experiment. I have two bottles in my (unheated and not so well
>insulated) garage. I feel that this is equivalent to either being in a
>shipping wharehouse and/or a shipping vehicle, such as UPS or FedEx. One
>bottle (Potelle Zin Paso Robles) is standing as is. The other,
>Beaujoulais Nouveau, is in a single styrofoam shipper which is then
>packed in a regular cardboard shipping box.
I look forward to the results. One question- no offense, but why not put the BN
as the more exposed? Personally if only one wine is damaged, I'd make damn sure
it was the BN!
Dale
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