A Napa-based, family-owned 3PL specializing in temperature-controlled, compliance-first direct-to-consumer fulfillment for wine, beer, and spirits brands.
We Ship Express is a family-owned, Napa-based 3PL built specifically for direct-to-consumer alcohol — wine, beer, and spirits — with temperature-controlled fulfillment, adult-signature compliance, and 40+ carriers. It’s a strong fit for wineries and beverage brands that need cold-chain DTC shipping, and a weak fit for non-alcohol merchants or anyone who wants published, self-serve pricing.
Wine, beer, and spirits are the whole business, so temperature control and adult-signature compliance sit at the center of the operation instead of the edges.
Temperature-controlled warehouses plus a nationwide temperature-controlled linehaul network and warm-month ice-pack protection, anchored by a 200,000 sq ft St. Louis superhub.
Commerce7, City Hive, and Bottlecapps sit alongside Shopify, WooCommerce, and BigCommerce among 100+ integrations, with 40+ adult-signature-licensed carriers.
ASR label generation and alcohol-licensed carriers built in, so the state-by-state mechanics of shipping alcohol are part of the workflow.
The December 2025 Eagle Rock Fulfillment acquisition added Napa wine storage, winery-fulfillment capacity, and a digital cellar platform.
Custom-quote only — no per-order, per-unit, or tiered rates posted, so you can’t self-serve a cost comparison without booking a sales call.
If you sell anything other than wine, beer, or spirits, this isn’t the right provider — the specialization that’s a strength for alcohol is a hard limit for everyone else.
A handful of temperature-controlled hubs rather than the dozens of ambient distribution centers a generalist offers; great for beverage, limited for high-volume dry-goods parcel.
There is no meaningful body of verified merchant reviews on the major B2B platforms, so you cannot triangulate service quality from public sentiment. Due diligence here means reference calls with current winery clients.
Brands new to DTC alcohol have to secure and maintain their own state permits before this or any 3PL can ship for them, and that is often the slowest part of a launch.
We Ship Express is a family-owned, Napa, California–based third-party logistics provider built specifically for the direct-to-consumer alcohol beverage industry. For more than 20 years it has concentrated on one job most generalist 3PLs treat as an afterthought: getting wine, beer, and spirits to consumers’ doorsteps without heat damage and within the state-by-state rules that govern shipping alcohol.
That focus shows up in the operational details. We Ship Express runs temperature-controlled fulfillment backed by a coast-to-coast cold-chain linehaul network, connects to more than 40 final-mile carriers licensed for adult-signature delivery, and integrates with 100+ commerce platforms — including the wine-native stack (Commerce7, City Hive, Bottlecapps) that beverage brands actually run on.
In December 2025 the company acquired Napa-based Eagle Rock Fulfillment, adding boutique wine storage, winery-fulfillment capacity, and a digital cellar platform for real-time bottle visibility. Combined with its 200,000-square-foot St. Louis “Global Superhub,” it gives the company climate-controlled hubs on both coasts and in the center of the country. (Details in this review are current as of July 2026.)
We Ship Express does not publish pricing. There are no public per-order, per-unit, or tiered rate cards on its site — every engagement is a custom quote arranged through its sales team.
For a specialty alcohol 3PL, that is standard practice. Temperature-controlled storage, cold-chain linehaul, adult-signature carriers, and state-by-state compliance all carry real cost, and the mix shifts with product, volume, and shipping lanes. Expect a quote to reflect those drivers, and expect it to land above what a commodity ambient-parcel 3PL charges for dry goods.
The tradeoff is transparency. Because no dated ranges are posted, you cannot self-serve a like-for-like comparison the way you can with a provider that publishes a starting rate — you have to book a call to get a number. Budget accordingly, and ask specifically about storage fees, linehaul surcharges, ice-pack/temperature-protection add-ons, and any monthly minimum before signing.
Heat is the enemy of wine and many spirits, and it’s where most generalist 3PLs fall down on alcohol. We Ship Express keeps product in temperature-controlled warehouses and moves it on a coast-to-coast temperature-controlled linehaul network, then adds ice-pack protection on the final mile during warm months. For a winery shipping cabernet to a customer in a Phoenix July, that end-to-end cold chain is the whole point.
Shipping alcohol DTC means adult-signature-required (ASR) delivery and a patchwork of state rules about where and how you can ship. We Ship Express is built around that: it generates ASR labels, works with carriers licensed to deliver alcohol with a 21+ signature, and operates in what it calls the “highly regulated space” of alcohol logistics. One caveat: a 3PL executes compliance, it does not confer it. Your brand still has to hold its own state DTC permits before any of this applies.
We Ship Express lists 100+ integrations. It covers the everyday ecommerce platforms (Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce) alongside carrier and tracking tools like ShipStation, AfterShip, and Narvar. More telling is the wine-native layer: Commerce7, City Hive, and Bottlecapps are platforms specific to alcohol DTC and wine clubs, and native support for them is a signal this provider lives in the category. Behind that sits a cloud-based WMS, a retailer portal with tracking and reporting, and a five-point quality-control process the company describes as Six Sigma–based.
We Ship Express operates climate-controlled hubs across the country, anchored by its 200,000-square-foot St. Louis “Global Superhub.” In December 2025 it acquired Eagle Rock Fulfillment, which added Napa-based boutique wine storage and a digital cellar platform for bottle-level visibility. The acquisition announcement put the combined climate-controlled network at these sites:
| Location | Region | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Napa, CA | West | Headquarters + climate-controlled wine storage (Eagle Rock) |
| St. Louis, MO | Central | 200,000 sq ft “Global Superhub” fulfillment |
| Tampa, FL | Southeast | Climate-controlled storage hub |
| New York City, NY | Northeast | Climate-controlled storage hub |
| Los Angeles, CA | West | Climate-controlled storage hub |
That is a focused footprint. Five temperature-controlled sites reach both coasts efficiently for beverage shipping, well short of the dozens of ambient distribution centers a generalist offers for dry-goods parcel.
Recurring club and subscription shipments drive much of DTC wine, and We Ship Express handles them alongside one-off orders, cross-dock shipping with pickup, kitting, and returns. For a winery running a quarterly allocation club, that means one set of rails covers the whole release: pick, pack, temperature-controlled ship, adult-signature delivery.
We Ship Express is a specialist, and it should be judged as one. For wineries, breweries, distilleries, and beverage brands shipping DTC, the hard parts are the core product: temperature control, adult-signature compliance, and wine-native integrations. The Eagle Rock acquisition shows it is still investing in the niche. On fit for that audience, it rates well.
What keeps it from a higher score is what you cannot see. There is no public pricing, so you cannot size a temperature-controlled, adult-signature program without booking a sales call, and no dated range exists anywhere to anchor against. The independent record is thin as well: this is a specialist with almost no verified merchant reviews on the major B2B platforms, so reference calls with current winery clients carry more weight here than they would with a provider that has a deep public track record.
Net: if you ship alcohol DTC and cold chain plus compliance are non-negotiable, We Ship Express is one of the few 3PLs purpose-built for the job, and it belongs on your shortlist. If you sell anything other than alcohol, or you want published pricing and a nationwide ambient network, it isn’t the right match. We rate it 3.8 out of 5.
Yes. Direct-to-consumer alcohol — wine, beer, and spirits — is its specialty, with temperature-controlled fulfillment and adult-signature-required delivery built into the workflow.
We Ship Express does not publish pricing; every engagement is a custom quote through its sales team. Cost is driven by temperature-controlled storage, cold-chain linehaul, adult-signature carriers, volume, and shipping lanes, and typically sits above a commodity ambient-parcel 3PL. Ask about storage fees, linehaul surcharges, temperature-protection add-ons, and any monthly minimum.
It runs climate-controlled hubs in Napa, CA (headquarters, plus Eagle Rock wine storage), St. Louis, MO (a 200,000 sq ft “Global Superhub”), Tampa, New York City, and Los Angeles.
Yes — it generates adult-signature-required (ASR) labels and uses carriers licensed to deliver alcohol with a 21+ signature. Your brand must hold its own state DTC permits; the 3PL operates under them.
It lists 100+ integrations, including Shopify, WooCommerce, and BigCommerce, tracking tools like ShipStation, AfterShip, and Narvar, and wine-native platforms Commerce7, City Hive, and Bottlecapps. It connects to 40+ final-mile carriers.
Yes. It supports recurring club and subscription shipments alongside one-off orders, kitting, cross-dock shipping with pickup, and returns — all on the same temperature-controlled, adult-signature rails.
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