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On 2024-09-12 05:16, -hh wrote:Yes, which I allude to when I said "within volume limits too". Looking it up, the US customs duty-free allowance is 1L/person (every N days).On 9/11/24 10:51 PM, Alan wrote:>On 2024-09-11 19:39, Tom Elam wrote:>On 9/11/2024 5:17 PM, Alan wrote:>On 2024-09-10 15:54, Tom Elam wrote:Yes, that's why shipping is so expensive.>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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And you're paying the tax and duty on those bottles, I assume.
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But you just talked about carrying wine home in your checked bags.
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That's not what anyone I know calls "shipping".
Its another illustration of the trade-offs.
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Carrying them home falls under the US customs $800/person exemption, if one is within the volume limits too. Even so, the duty rates on overages isn't onerous .. something like 50 cents per wine bottle.
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Shipping has no exemption provision (you're not traveling "with" it).
Plus as I noted, it can be prohibited by State law...and it had been prohibited to be shipped via USPS (Federal Postal laws), so one has to look to the private services (FedEx/UPS/DHL) for transportation.
Is there not also a specific restriction about alcohol? There certainly is in Canada.
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