We invest the same care in complex wine logistics as wine producers commit to developing and harvesting every grape.
Pop and pour wine logistics success
More than a decade of wine logistics experience
BWS embraces deep wine industry expertise, cutting-edge technology, and highly responsive service. The result: Wine shipments that arrive on time, on budget, and in beautiful condition. We’ve got a nose for wine shipping—we’ve been there, done that. Before BWS, we were wine shippers, importers, freight forwarders, and dispatchers, just like you.
Specialized wine logistics solutions
Temperature-controlled wine shipping
Guard against the temperature extremes and fluctuations that can cause bottles to crack and wine to oxidize. BWS rigorously vets every reefer carrier in its network and continuously monitors each shipment.
Wine import recovery
Simplify wine import and mitigate the risk of detention and demurrage costs. BWS makes it easy with vetted inland drayage carriers, alcohol-permitted transloading facilities, and deep customs clearance insight.
Wine consolidation
Optimize your wine supply chain and reduce your transportation costs. BWS offers deep wine consolidation expertise, robust technology, and consolidation services on the East and West coasts.
Crossdocking and transloading
Move your wine shipment from dock-to-dock and dock-to-door safely and securely. BWS offers alcohol-permitted crossdocking and transloading facilities, as well as the highest levels of product protection.
Alcohol-permitted warehousing
Safely and securely store your wine and streamline your pallet pick and case pick programs. BWS brings alcohol warehousing regulatory compliance insight and a nationwide network of alcohol-permitted, temperature-controlled warehouse partners to every project.
Why BWS is the toast of the wine industry
Protect the integrity of every bottle: BWS thoroughly evaluates the risks that threaten your wine shipment and creates a plan to ensure its safe, secure transport. Want to optimize your transportation program? BWS helps you do that, too.
Anytime shipment visibility
Get anytime access to a simple customer portal. Leveraging the market-leading platform, BWS makes it easy for you to update customers, streamline communications, and prioritize urgent orders.
Deep wine industry insight
Easily navigate even the most complex wine shipments. With a deep understanding of wine transportation and warehousing regulatory compliance, the BWS team helps you avoid product loss and shipping delays, while also optimizing transportation costs and transit times.
Responsive customer care
Tap a friendly expert whenever you need support. With BWS, you’ll have a single, deeply experienced point of contact and an on-call team to handle any logistics situation—anytime.
“Even with the customs exam slowing us down, you more than made up for that time lost. The constant and quality communication was exactly what we needed to make our client happy. There was actual cheering this morning when the 2nd truck arrived.”
Giselle Mudge, Spearhead Global
Want to know more?
We got our start in the beer, wine, and spirits freight consolidation space. We knew that if we could manage the complexity of consolidating fragile, high-value freight, everything else would come easy. It has.
So, connect with us. We’re happy to answer your questions.