Shipping Info

  Wind machine in the Cabernet Sauvignon vineyard block

Shipping Details

• You must be 21 years of age to order or receive alcoholic beverages from O’Brien Estate Winery. Any shipments containing alcoholic beverages are sent with an "Adult Signature Required" sticker, and the common carrier that delivers our merchandise is required to ask and check for identification upon delivery. Someone over the age of 21 will have to be present at the time of delivery. Often it is more convenient to have wine shipped to a business address.

• Unless you live on the West Coast, we strongly discourage you from selecting "Ground Service" as your shipping method during summer months. During summer months, heat during shipment can result in the spoilage of your order. It doesn't make sense to invest in fine wines and then take the chance of ruining them due environmental factors during transit (faster and safer delivery generally isn't much more expensive). We don't make an additional profit on accelerated delivery, but we frequently recommend faster shipping options to our customers outside the West Coast. If choosing ground shipping it’s best to check the web site www.weather.com to see what states your wine will cross and the temperatures during the 5 to 7 days the wine will be in transit. We will be happy to hold orders until cooler weather.

• During periods of extreme weather, we attempt to ship wines at the beginning of each week in order to get shipments to you before the weekend. The result may be that your shipment doesn't go out the day that you place an order. Please understand that during business hours, your orders are immediately packaged and scheduled for delivery, but may be delayed until ideal conditions for shipment arise.

Legalese

• O’Brien Estate Winery will arrange for shipment on behalf of the buyer, to an address specified by the buyer, provided that O’Brien Estate Winery in its sole judgement believes that such shipment will not subject O’Brien Estate Winery to the risk of any sort of legal action or other harm. If a buyer lives in a state where the direct shipment of wine by O’Brien Estate Winery violates the law, we suggest that the buyer provide an alternative address in another state or have their wine shipped to a third-party storage facility in a direct shipping-friendly state.