I will be taking a trip to Italy in 3 weeks. While there, we will be
touring the major cities. I'd like to ship a couple of cases of wine back
to the US.

I did a Google search and found no definitive help. Has anyone had
experience shipping wine from Italy to the US? I realize there will be
taxes since 24 bottles certainly exceeds the allowed 2 bottles of tax-free
alcohol. Is it really expensive? Any problems with shipping - - damage,
temperature conditions, etc?

Also, who there would ship the wine? Do the local wine/liquor shops do this
for you?

Thank you for any help,

Chris

"Chris Arcement" > wrote in message >...
> I will be taking a trip to Italy in 3 weeks. While there, we will be
> touring the major cities. I'd like to ship a couple of cases of wine back
> to the US.
>
> I did a Google search and found no definitive help. Has anyone had
> experience shipping wine from Italy to the US? I realize there will be
> taxes since 24 bottles certainly exceeds the allowed 2 bottles of tax-free
> alcohol. Is it really expensive? Any problems with shipping - - damage,
> temperature conditions, etc?
>
> Also, who there would ship the wine? Do the local wine/liquor shops do this
> for you?
>
> Thank you for any help,
>
> Chris

In the past I've brought a few cases of wine back from France with me.
The way I did this was the bring styro/cardboard wine shippers with
me as checked baggage. I bought some interesting wines, and then
packed them myself, and checked them as return baggage. You can do
this pretty easily, and while it can be a bit of an pain lugging
around the extra baggage, it's much cheaper than shipping.

-jim

"Jim Griffin" > wrote in message
om...
> In the past I've brought a few cases of wine back from France with me.
> The way I did this was the bring styro/cardboard wine shippers with
> me as checked baggage. I bought some interesting wines, and then
> packed them myself, and checked them as return baggage. You can do
> this pretty easily, and while it can be a bit of an pain lugging
> around the extra baggage, it's much cheaper than shipping.
>
> -jim

Jim,

Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, I"m going as part of a tour, and we
can only have one suitcase and one carry-on. That makes bringing any other
containers out of the question.

Guess I'll have to suck it up and spend a little $$ to get the wine back
here.

Thanks,

Chris

there is a great little wine maker just off the main Piazza

MAUOMBO