Wine storage off road

Thick rubber bands do the trick for me H......two or three on each bottle and then just pack them in the storage unit where I have space.

They travel well in the cardboard packaging in the original box. Even better if you can find the moulded cardboard packaging type . Have a look and see what is in the empty packing boxes at Dan Murphys.

H,

For the best set up I have seen, Read this archived thread.


Cheers Kev

I have been using short lengths of PVC water pipe for years at home. It all started when an export shipment of pipes were too long for a 20ft shipping contained and had to be docked. Just the right length. Find a suitable cupboard and job done.
Didn't bother in our conventional van but the off road unit due early 2012 has very handy bins right across the front under the bunk cum settee. Reckon it will take about 9 tubes/bottles. Cook can have the rest of the space. I'll just have to watch my tow ball weight.
Kevin

We decant spirits into PET bottles. they are 'bullet proof'.
There is some wine available in PET now, but we mostly carry 2L casks.
For the absolute must have glass, we use long neck stubbie holders.

Cheers,
Peter
OKA196 Motorhome

I put Bourbon bottles in socks.

I use a slightly saggy 50 yr old container made up of skin, muscle bone and fat.
Just drain the bottles in at the top, face lights up and no leakage yet!

As a regular "sipper" of red wine, I carry mine in 6 pack cartons, which are compact enough to fit anywhere in the back of the transporter. I have a couple of "somewhat dilapidated" 6 bottle cartons with cardboard dividers between the bottom and top layers which have served me well.
As for the white wine,well as SWMBO must have it cold, they travel in the ice cooler or fridge. We take more reds though as both of us "imbibe" whereas herself has the white wine to herself. (and her friends)
I like to share a good bottle or two with my male travelling companions.
Never lost a bottle yet.
Now you may get some "unseasoned drinkers" trying to coerce you into taking cask wine along on your trips.
"Sacre bleu" I say, you can't be serious if you are a connoisseur of good quality wine.

So the cardboard carton I use is to transport the glass bottles of wine on my escapades, rather than merely to hold the wine in some sort of infernal "plastic bladder".

In short, the humble old cardboard carton is still adequate for the job. If htey don't include separators, just stand the carton upright and store your Tee Shirts and undies between them.

We have travelled the outback roads many times with an offroad trailer and never lost a bottle of wine or beer. We have a big old esky and I pack the drinks in bubble wrap in the esky and they go in the trailer. We just got back from the Oonadatta track, you'll love it. Cheers and happy travels Greg & Dianne

I usually take casks but any bottles we pack between our wet weather gear in the under bed storage area.
Remember after opening any red wine you should let it breathe, if it's not breathing give it mouth to mouth resuscitation.


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Bubble wrap and elastic bands, all stored in milk cartons. Never lost one.

Jack

We use those wetsuit stubby cooler type holders for wine bottles. See the link.

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The ones i have hold 2 bottles, and i bought them just from the $2 shop (they only cost me about $5 or $6 for mine). We carry 2 bottles of white wine and 2 bottles of spirits. Just after we bought them they were put to the test - i was fully expecting to be sipping spirits out of the carpet in the pantry, but they held up fine, so now i dont worry about them. The one i have dont have any holes in the bottom, so if they did happen to break, i dont have to worry about picking out glass of the carpet.

I have seen another traveller use poly pipe glued together, standing all their bottles upright, wrapped in newspaper. They were heading off for the gibb river road, so i dont know how well it worked sorry.

Hi, Ladies and Guys.
Thank you for your comments ,we realy appreciated all reply's and even the FUNNY once, love the one where we have to give the wine mouth to mouth resuscitation, I am with the photo where the storage is between the driver and the passenger seat but if you drink and drive you are a bloody idiot, ( Victorian Logo ). But I lean towards the PVC pipe construction, if I run out of time we might go to Dan Murphy and check out the card board area tomorrow . Thanks one and all again. It just goes to show there are a lot of people out there willing to help and give you there experiences while travelling this magnificent country of ours.
Happy travelling to all and make the most of it remember there are no pockets in a shroud!!!!!!! the kids will have to look after them selves

Regards Harry " H " Vic

Ours live in the 6 bottle cartons, but instead of the dividers, we put each bottle into a 1litre milk carton that has had the top cut off - they all space out perfectly. And as you use one, you just put the empty back where it came from.