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    TRAVEL SHOCK: MYTH OR REALITY?

    Sep 04, 2019 3 minutes

    Have you ever had the feeling that a bottle of wine you know really well does not taste as you expected it to after it has travelled with you? Have you ever been disappointed with wines you have brought home after a trip? If your answer is ‘yes’, then it’s possible you dismissed your reaction and thought it was your memory of the wine that was at fault.

    However, there are plenty of anecdotal comments on wine forums, blogs and websites claiming that wines definitely do suffer after being transported. The term used for this is travel shock. (Note

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