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From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
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Subject: Re: The trip to France, Germany and Switzerland
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2024 19:51:26 -0700
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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:
>>>>>
>>>>> Riquewihr is similar and was the either/or choice, as we also 
>>>>> visited Srasbourg too.
>>>>>
>>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Forgot to mention that I've looked into the "ship some home" too.
>>>>
>>>> The problem I ran into are that State regulations on shipping of 
>>>> alcohol vary, and NJ is a "nope!" state.
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -hh
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> And you're paying the tax and duty on those bottles, I assume.
>>
>> :-)
> Yes, that's why shipping is so expensive.

But you just talked about carrying wine home in your checked bags.

That's not what anyone I know calls "shipping".