> wrote in message ...
> Hi,
> I'm moving from So. California to Kansas City, MO. I have about 200
> bottles and 10 carboys full and aging. I've already been told that
> the moving company won't touch it. I plan on renting a uhaul and
> taking it myself. First, is this legal?

Transporting fruit juice is legal. How were you to know that it had gone
"bad"? ;^)

Then, do you have any
> specific packing & transportation suggestions?

Pack the bottles in cases for moving. If you can get some, those plastic
lugs are nice for moving carboys. I'd probably put some padding around and
under each carboy - both for shock and temperature protection.

What about the
> carboys? What about freezing temperature in-route?

Get an enclosed U-Haul trailer. You aren't going to be on the road _that_
long that the wine will freeze. A couple or 3 days should be OK. Stack
everything together so that the thermal mass has less surface area exposed
to the ambient cold.

Tom S