Delivery kilometers & Carbon Footprint
Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2016 6:59 pm
This is a sample of what happens on the Mornington Peninsula when dealing with the major wineries on the Peninsula.
I put in a wholesale order to a local winery, not 15 minutes from my store. The wine gets delivered from their Melbourne depot via a third party (a wine logistics of sorts). The day day previous is a 35 deg blockbuster, the day it arrives is pushing 40.
The wine (Chardonnay) arrives very warm to touch, and i mean very warm to touch on a 40 degree day!
I call the winery, they are shocked, and send a replacement immediately from their stock. Fair enough.
Apart from the poor van storage, the issue I have is that the original wine got sent past my front door to Melbourne storage, only to come back again!
It's absurd.
I put in a wholesale order to a local winery, not 15 minutes from my store. The wine gets delivered from their Melbourne depot via a third party (a wine logistics of sorts). The day day previous is a 35 deg blockbuster, the day it arrives is pushing 40.
The wine (Chardonnay) arrives very warm to touch, and i mean very warm to touch on a 40 degree day!
I call the winery, they are shocked, and send a replacement immediately from their stock. Fair enough.
Apart from the poor van storage, the issue I have is that the original wine got sent past my front door to Melbourne storage, only to come back again!
It's absurd.