Can Champagne Fly?

[Vaughan]

I"m in San Francisco with 40,000 of my closest friends for the Oracle conference, and just had an excellent bottle of 1997 Claude Carre Cuvee Passion Champagne. I'd like to take a few bottles home, but with flight restrictions I'd have to take it home in the (I assume unpressurized) cargo hold of the aiplane...any chance it'll explode?

Thx,

Vaughan

[David McDuff]

It shouldn't be a problem, Vaughan. Just be sure to pack the bottles carefully, as you would with any wine.

[jongchen]

The cargo holds are pressurized, though not heated

Pet Transport

I'd be more worried about the baggage handlers.

[MattJohnson]

My wife and I just returned from SFO and in one bag we had 3 bottles of wine, 2 olive oils, and a balsamic vinegar (although we didn't have any fizzy wines). I think as long as you wrap them in clothes (or bubble wrap would be great) and have a hard or semi hard side bag, you'll be fine.

[Peter Green]

We used to fly back to Cairo from Cyprus and Greece with around two dozen or more bottles of wine. There was never a problem (although I have my wife do the packing), and that was in the 80's.

Customs: clink! clink! What's this?

Us: wine

Customs: clink! clink! And this?

Us: more wine

Customs: clink! clink! What is wrong?! We have wine in Egypt!

Us: would you drink it?

Customs: go ahead.