Travel gear: carry-along wine transport

Oenophiles needn"t ship home fabulous finds from vineyard visits far and wide. Instead, they can stash up to a case (12 bottles) of wine in the Wine Check, a padded wheeled bag fitted with a removable 12-slot Styrofoam wine-shipper box that can be checked as luggage at the airport.

When full, the Wine Check weighs in under the typical 50-pound airline weight limit for checked bags. (Of course, there"s often a surcharge for extra checked bags, but even if you exceed your free limit, this still may be a safer and cheaper alternative to shipping.)

When the shipper box is removed, you can use the bag as a rolling duffel  or collapse it for transpor