The Wine Check (Bag Only). Approved by the FAA to be checked as luggage, the Wine Check bag, together with a shipper box and 3oz cold pack (sold separately), will protect your wine as it travels in the belly of the plane.
Wine Check Luggage Bag Only Red (P/N WINECHECK). This item is the bag only - the foam insert is NOT included. The complete set can be purchased as IWA item #3768.
Protect your wine while traveling with Wine Check's patent-pending luggage. The Wine Check is designed to enclose your wine in a wine shipper box and styrofoam case (sold separately) inside the secure padded case.
Features include:
- Bag is collapsible, reusable and lightweight (under 5 lbs.)
- Easy to store - use it when you travel, then collapse the bag and put it away.
- Makes traveling with wine safe and easy
- Costs less than shipping your wine
- When packed with 12 bottles, the bag stays under the 50 lb. airline weight limit for luggage
- Attached wheels and strap make it easy to roll
- Bag is reusable for multiple trips
Dimensions (inches):
- In use: 16w x 17d x 22h
- Folded: 22w x 17d x 7h
Purchase our Wine Check Complete Set to receive the Wine Check with the styrofoam case, shipper box and 3oz cold pack.
This items includes the bag only - it does not include the styrofoam case, shipper box or cold pack.
- Bag is collapsible, reusable and lightweight (under 5 lbs.)
- Easy to store - use it when you travel, then collapse the bag and put it away.
- Makes traveling with wine safe and easy
- Costs less than shipping your wine
- When packed with 12 bottles, the bag stays under the 50 lb. airline weight limit for luggage
- Attached wheels and strap make it easy to roll
- Bag is reusable for multiple trips
- The Wine Check complete set also is available
- This item does NOT include the styrofoam case, shipper box or cold pack
Brand: Wine Check
Size: 16w x 17d x 22h (in)
Weight: 5.4 lbs
Capacity: 12 bottles
Material: Nylon
Ratings & Reviews
24 reviews
Just got the bag
by Susan -
Have not used it yet, but it is much larger than I expected. Folded flat it fits nicely in my suitcase. Doesn't fold as flat as I expected because of the wheels but it will work. Our trip is coming up soon. I think we will bring a roll of bubble wrap and just get a box from one of the wineries. I'm excited to see how it works.
Good Protection for your Wines
by Rick
Bag is sturdy with good handles. Like other reviewers, the handle strap seems misplaced. It should be higher on the side. The low location makes it harder to use due to the angle you're pulling. We ended up running the strap up through the handle to help with this, but it obviously shortened the strap.
This bag does not work with some of the current case boxes. It's sized for traditional boxes with Styrofoam inserts. However, wineries are using fewer Styrofoam carriers. As they go green, recyclable boxes of cardboard or fiberboard type material (think heavy duty egg crates) are used almost exclusively. These boxes & inserts are usually larger than the boxes utilizing Styrofoam inserts.
Re: TSA comments below
by Tigerbalmie
5L limit only relates to alcoholic beverages greater than 24%.
http://www.tsa.gov/traveler-information/alcoholic-beverages
Sturdy, but a bit thicker than expected
by Ray & Barbara
After our recent visit to New York's Finger Lakes region, where we discovered more good wines than we expected resulting in our shipping a case of wine home to California, we finally decided to buy this bag for future trips. Haven't used it yet, but our initial impressions are:
- Appears to be sturdy and well-made.
- Reasonably lightweight.
- When folded, it's thicker than we expected (about seven inches at the end with the wheels) -- but we should have anticipated that since it a) has wheels (duh!) and b) needs to have enough structure at that end to support the load of 12 wine bottles! Fortunately, the suitcase that we'll carry this in is expandable so we won't have to cut back (much) on the items that we'd usually pack for a trip.
- The red color makes it stand out; we hope that will cause baggage handlers to be a bit careful with it.
- Should save us quite a bit on shipping wines home in the future, even after paying $25 to check the extra bag.
We look forward to putting the bag to use the next time we fly someplace where wineries will be on the agenda!
Wine Check Bag
by Nick
We travel often to visit friends or as a Family desiring to have our wine either as a gift or for our enjoyment. Several Caribbean cruises have resulted in our trying to pack the allowed allotment of wine for our dinners in carry-ons which creates difficulties. This Wine Check Bag has solved this problem with a safe, sturdy carrier for a case or less of wine. Easy to pull along and afterwards, folds away for easy storage. We use the cases/insulation from those wines we receive and discard them afterwards, making the process seamless. Great idea!