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On 2024-09-10 15:54, Tom Elam wrote:Yes, that's why shipping is so expensive.And you're paying the tax and duty on those bottles, I assume.Indiana is OK since about 5 years back. We carry wine home in checked bags from Europe every trip, never had an issue. The record is 7 bottles spread across 3 check bags. We do not lock our bags. You just reminded me why. Those are flimsy locks that do no real good.>>
Riquewihr is similar and was the either/or choice, as we also visited Srasbourg too.
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There's a lot of such small towns w/wineries in the Alsace region; I think we have a Karen Brown guidebook which has a couple of self- driving routes that's on the "to do" list .. my basic conclusion is that if one wants to get to such small villages, it is better done with a rental car than by mass transit as we had done.
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Forgot to mention that I've looked into the "ship some home" too.
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The problem I ran into are that State regulations on shipping of alcohol vary, and NJ is a "nope!" state.
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For hand-carrying, the last time that I can recall packing some 750ml wine bottles into checked baggage was from Budapest, and their security folk (at least I hope it was them!) either didn't have TSA keys, or didn't care: they just cut all the locks off.
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