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touring europe
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>JonK wrote:
>> When I drive up the central coast of California, I tour the wineries. I
>> usually walk away from each winery with at least one bottle (I feel
>> obligated, particularly if the tasting is free) and sometimes as much as
>> a case.
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>> What do people do when touring wineries in Europe? How do you bring the
>> stuff back? CAN you bring the stuff back? Or is the shipping and duty
>> prohibitive?
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>The last time I visited Europe, I returned with 15 bottles of wine, much
>to my wife's consternation (though she doesn't seem disinclined to drink
>my ill-gotten gains now). In my 5-10 trips, I've never been charged
>duty, despite always declaring all. The biggest problem is simply
>carrying the damn stuff, though if you bring a styrofoam shipper as
>checked luggage, you can avoid even that problem ;-)
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>Mark Lipton
Mark,
Question: have you checked wine as luggage recently? I used to do just what
you describe with two styro-shippers, some filament tape, and heavy straps.
I'd even put extra tape in the case, should a baggage person *need* to check
out the contents. This was always within US, usually from CA to CO, or AZ. I
haven't done this since ~ '01. When in Europe/UK, I'm usually only taking back
a few btls of Port, so it hasn't been a big deal. I'm just curious as to how
things work now, especially with flights originating in Europe, bound for US.
Curious,
Hunt
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