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More and more people are ordering their wine over the internet, be it from an auction house or online store. But have you ever given thought as to what happens after you purchase your wine?

Once your payment is received along with your details, everything kicks into action.

The first step is the printing of your order and having it run through the checking process. This is simply some checks to ensure that the company has it in stock and that the wine has been approved for commercial sale.

Once the check is complete, the order will then be given to warehouse staff to find your wines and assemble your order. These are then carefully packed into specially designed delivery packs, minimising movement, allowing for maximum freshness and preventing breakage.

Your order then goes into the delivery area of the warehouse, where the designated transportation company will collect it. This usually occurs within hours, but can be longer depending of the amount of orders and if there is a backlog or the wine is out of stock.

The first part of transportation is always done by road, and if in the same country, will mostly be done by road.  If its leaving the country, your order will be going to a seaport or airport. This will depend on the type of shipping that has been paid for with the order.

Here is where the longest part of transportation can actually take. Orders that arrive at the airport can take a while to be processed. With air transportation cutting weeks off the shipping time, it is a very popular choice. Being a popular choice, this has resulted in a backlog of cargo at the airport which will usually add a few days to transportation.

If it goes via seaport, it will make it onto the boat in good time as boats have a large cargo capacity, however the trip itself takes a couple of weeks to complete.

Once in your country, it will then head to a warehouse for processing. Sorting is usually complete in one to two days and is them released for delivery to your door.

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