Van,
You're right, but that doesn't stop some. They take the risk, and may or may
not pay the price.
Darlene


"Van DeWald" wrote in message
news:Rlqpf.8397$9G.3697@dukeread10...
FWIW, it's illegal to ship wines via the USPS. Don't do it, if you get
caught, there are severe penalties. As far as private shipping companies,
such as FEDEX, UPS, etc, it's typically against their company policies to
ship homemade wines. Not that it's illegal mind you (depending on the
state your in), but it's their policy to NOT ship the items from
individuals without licenses. They have the right to refuse or confiscate
the shipment if they find out there is wine inside. Of course, you don't
exactly have to tell of the contents up front, but then again, that's
essentially fraud, as you're lying about what's inside. I know someone
who tried to ship a case of wine, paid for the shipment, and then had the
whole lot confiscated and destroyed when UPS found out what was inside.
You can check out the details on the various shipper websites.

Regards,
Van


wrote in message news:UIepf.3348$Ou3.356@dukeread09...
I only make it home about once a year most times(going to try for twice
next year, but one time I'll be flying, so won't be able to bring any wine
gback). Everyone in my family is a wine drinker to some extent, so with
this new hobby, I'm going to try to bring back wines for each of them that
they may or may not like. But with allt he variety I've made, I'll only
be bringing a bottle or two ofeach type of wine at most per person. So if
they find any they particularly like, I'm trying to figure out if there's
some way for me to shipthem more of it in the interim between my visits,
or if I just have to wait until next time I see them. I'd haev to be
shipping from OK to IL. I'd guess it's probably easiest to shipa whole
case, but I don't know anything on legality(I'll look into that myself,
though any tips would be appreciated), best shipping company, packaging,
etc. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated, even if it's just to
tell me that shipping tends to be outweighed by the risks, and just to
wait.

Joel