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From: Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: The trip to France, Germany and Switzerland
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2024 08:46:30 -0400
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On 9/11/2024 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:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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".

I was referring to the case that was shipped to me last week. No, we did 
not pay any tax, but always declared what we had in the luggage. Customs 
never asked us to pay anything. Apparently just not worth the time and 
trouble.