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Wine shipping question...

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mkuller

...we're flying to the Willamette Valley in Oregon next month to wine taste over a weekend.

I doubt I'll be buying any full cases of wine to ship home.

More likely we'll want a couple of bottles from a half dozen wineries, which will leave us with a mixed case to ship home.

How can we get it from there to here?

Does the UPS store ship wine?

Are there independednt wine whippers who will do it?

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RE: Wine shipping question... - triodesteve 03:33:15 08/18/10 (1)
UPS will not knowingly ship alcohol for you unless you have a license from the feds. that doesn't mean it can't happen, but being in a wine producing region means you aren't going to fool anyone at the ups store. In the last few years both ups and fedex have cracked down on letting regular consumers ship alcohol.
Your best bet is too be very nice to tasting room staff and if you hit it off with someone ask if you could consolidate a box and have them ship it...I would do this at a smaller winery where you will buy more than a couple of bottles. Remember, you're still asking for something that's illegal (I'm only allowed to ship my wine I think) so better to but three of their wines and mix it with 3 from other producers.
Do you have a plan of who you are going to hit? I prefer the lighter Burgundian style of Pinot and have been enjoying St Innocent of late. I get quite a few winemakers and winery employees coming to WW with wines to trade and I'm shocked at how many pinots I open up that taste like a hugely extracted Syrah. A crime against humanity in my opinion!
- Thanks for the info... - mkuller 20:55:28 08/19/10 (0)
  ...my wife says if we take 2 big suitcases on the flight, we can each take home 6 bottles in a styrofoam shipper.

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