Stopped into the tasting room on a Friday and trie...

Stopped into the tasting room on a Friday and tried three of their bourbons. I decided to buy a bottle of the bourbon aged in port barrels. Great experience and was excited to get the bottle home and drink it.

I put the bottle in my suitcase for about 4 hours in the car while we finished walking around and drove to our hotel. I'm aware corks can blow if a bottle gets hot, so i wrapped the bottle in some clothes and we were parked in the shade. When we arrived at our hotel and opened our luggage the bottle was almost empty and the cork was still in the bottle. I almost cried.

I went to the distillery to follow up with them about the bottle. I admitted to leaving it in the car, but found it weird the cork was still in the bottle and thought it was probably a leaking cork. I was told there was NOTHING they could do unless I could prove it was leaking. The cork was in the bottle and it was empty, I'm not sure how much proof you need. I was also told that since I'm not from Colorado that altitude might have something to do with the leak, unbelievable.

I asked to speak with a manager and they told me she wouldn't say anything different.

Moral of the story, be careful if you buy a bottle and plan on shipping it home, or even traveling with it at all. If something happens, you get no help. It's a shame because I thought the bourbon was really great.

Edit:. I still don't believe temp was the issue. But even if it was, I didn't see a single sign at the tasting room and wasn't advised by the guy working, even after I told him we were going to finish shopping before we left.