28 July

Lifting the Shroud on Wine Delivery

Ordering wine over the internet is a very popular method of buying, whether its from an online store or auction house. A few weeks later, their wine will roll up on their doorstep, ready to be consumed, but they probably don’t know what it went through to get there.

Once your payment is received along with your details, everything kicks into action.

The first thing that will happen is that your order will be printed out and will be part of a checking process. This checks that the wine is in stock and has actually been released for commercial sale.

When your order passes this check, it is then given to the warehouse staff who will get to work locating your wines and fulfilling your order. Once complete, your wines are then packed into a delivery pack, specially designed to prevent breakage and movement while maintaining freshness.

The order is then put into the delivery network, where a number of delivery partners pick up all the packages to be delivered to their designated areas. The turnaround time on this is usually a couple of hours, but can vary if there is a backlog or stock problem.

The first leg of the delivery will be done by road, if you are in the same country, the whole trip will be done by road.  If its an international order, your order will go to either the airport or shipping port. This will depend on the type of shipping that has been paid for with the order.

Here is where the longest part of transportation can actually take. Packages going through the airport can take a while for processing. As air transportation is the fastest option, most people send deliveries via airplane. With so many parcels going via air, there is usually a backlog at the airport which will add a few days onto delivery.

Sending it to the seaport will usually have it on a boat within a day or two however, the trip itself will take weeks to complete.

Once its hit your shores it is then taken to a warehouse for processing. Sorting takes typically one to two days and is then loaded into trucks and vans for delivery.

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