The Air Travel Bag - Safely carry Wine on a plane again.

By Jono • May 1, 2008

It was with great frustration that many avid wine enthusiasts and wine industry professionalsÂ (who routinely need to carry wine with them around the world) accepted the new travel restrictions on carrying liquids on planes. I frequently carried as many bottles I could possible carry whenÂ travelling, and the new restrictions leave you with little choice, either put it in your stowed luggage and risk breakage (I’ve had a least one bottle break in my bag and ruin myÂ clothes), or not carry wine at all.Â It’s made it extremely difficult for winemakers or marketers travelling abroad to carry one or two bottles.Â

So it was with interest that I noticed a new air travel bag for food and wine on a blog the other day.Â It’s a wonder no one has developed a bag like this before now.Â The lined and paddedÂ carry bag can be stowed in your luggage without risk of breakage,Â and if theyÂ do happen to break, the bag is liquid tight.Â

You can order them on the BottleWise website or by clicking here.

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Jono

Jono has been involved in the wine industry since he was quite young. His parents had a small vineyard and winery in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia, and spent plenty of school holidays working in the vineyard and winery. He completed a Bachelor of Agricultural Science (Oenology) from the University of Adelaide (formely the Roseworthy Agricultural College). He also holds a Post Graduate Degree in Business Management from Monash University. His wine industry experience include working as a winemaker for Petaluma in the Adelaide Hills under the legendary Brian Croser. He was then sent to Smithbrook in the Pemberton region of Western Australia, then owned by Petaluma. He spent 6 years at Smithbrook managing the vineyard and winery, and during that time also completed a vintage at Chateau Carsin in Bordeaux. The two years leading into 2008, he traveled the world with his partner sampling the worlds best wines, and also fulfilling his other passion of equestrian competition.

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