Having a wine cellar is a privilege. However, a wine cellar requires a lot of maintaining and moving it can be challenging. You have to be gentle towards your bottles when you’re moving them. You probably have a lot of expensive wine in your cellar and if you don’t know what you are doing, there is a chance that you’ll break some of your bottles. So, welcome to our guide to safely packing wine cellar for a move. In this guide, we are going to explore how you can pack and move your wine cellar most efficiently and without any damages. So, without further ado, let’s begin!

Check the regulation of the state you are moving your wine cellar to

As you probably already know, different states have different laws when it comes to moving and bringing in alcohol for personal use. Before you even call the moving company, you have to check the laws and regulations of the state you are moving to. If you are moving inside the state, there is no need to check the laws and regulations at all.

You probably won’t have any problems, but it doesn’t hurt to check the laws of the state you are moving your wine cellar to.

You have to prepare the proper packing supplies before packing wine cellar for a move

Before you start packing, first you have to get your hands on wine packing materials. Here’s what you need:

• wine shipping kits – Wine shipping kits are cardboard boxes that have a protective foam insert with holes. Each opening is designed to hold one wine bottle. Usually, wine shipping kits can transfer up to 12 bottles of wine. They are easy to get, and they are not that expensive. You can purchase them in your local wine store or online.
• wine shipping crates – Wine shipping crates are the best way to move your wine collection. Those crates are sturdy but they take up a lot of space and they are fairly expensive. If you have in your wine cellar a mix of expensive and not so expensive wine, use wine shipping crates for your most valuable wine.

Get an insurance for your wine collection

If you don’t have expensive wine in your collection, breaking one or two bottles is sad, but it is not that big of a deal. But if you have a lot of expensive wine in your collection, it would be best to get insurance. Before that, you need to get the real price of your wine collection on the market at the moment of your move.

Get a moving company

If you have the proper equipment for wine relocation, go for it, move on your own. But, if you don’t it would be smart to hire a reliable moving company that can take your wine collection to the destination of your choosing. Make sure to get a moving company that will take good care of your wine collection.

Good luck!