Many of our wines are sourced direct from Europe and other countries, so it may take some additional time for these wines to arrive in California safely. we always take the greatest care in ensuring that our strict temperature-controlled conditions are met, and occasionally this takes up to 6 months (in summer), though 6-12 weeks is more standard. We hope you understand that this is to ensure the absolute best quality product. Older wines often have conditional issues. BPWM is committed to providing you extremely accurate information regarding conditions so that you can make informed purchases. This page describes our coding for conditional issues. Please note: Wines with no comments are considered “excellent/pristine” Ullage (Fill Level) bn bottom neck hs high shoulder htms high to mid shoulder ls low shouder ms mid shoulder ts top shoulder vts very top shoulder 3.5cm 3.5cm below cork 3cm 3cm below cork 4.5cm 4.5cm below cork 4cm 4cm below cork 5cm 5cm below cork 6cm 6cm below cork >6cm more than 6cm below cork Label Conditions bsl bin soiled label gsl glue stained label ltl lightly torn label ml missing label nl nicked label pml partially missing label sbsl slightly bin soiled label scl scuffed label sscl slightly scuffed label sstl slightly stained label stl stained label swasl slightly water stained label swisl slightly wine stained label tl torn label tsl tissue stained label wasl water stained label wisl wine stained label wrl wrinkled label Cork and Capsule Conditions cc corroded capsule crc crowned capsule crk cracked wax capsule ctc cut capsule to reveal vintage dc depressed cork mc missing capsule pc pushed cork scc slightly corroded capsule sdc slightly depressed cork spc slightly pushed cork trc torn capsule wrc wrinkled capsule Cork and Capsule Conditions dcl dark color exc excellent color gb gift box lcl light color ocb original cardboard case ofs over-fill seepage owc original wood case r-c re-conditioned at the chateau sos signs of past seepage ssos slight signs of past seepage