Today I shipped two bottles of wine by UPS. When I left my home, my wife
told me that it was against the law to ship wine by mail. I was not aware
of this. I assume she is correct unless someone can tell me otherwise.

Pleasantly Surprized ) wrote:
Today I shipped two bottles of wine by UPS. When I left my home, my wife
told me that it was against the law to ship wine by mail. I was not aware
of this. I assume she is correct unless someone can tell me otherwise.

Depends on where you're shipping to and from. Some states allow it,
others do not.

Dave
************************************************** **************************
Dave Breeden

I'm in Wisconsin and I just got some wine via UPS from my brother in
Florida. I thought it was against the law too. It got here in one piece
too, considering how my brother packaged it.
Darlene

"Pleasantly Surprized" wrote in message
...
Today I shipped two bottles of wine by UPS. When I left my home, my wife
told me that it was against the law to ship wine by mail. I was not aware
of this. I assume she is correct unless someone can tell me otherwise.

Call me crazy but is UPS not different than US postal or Canada Post? I
thought UPS was a courrier company as opposed to the post office. You can
pretty much "ship" anything but the post office tends to be a bit more
skittish whith whats being shipped.

Just my $0.02 ($0.026 US)

Sean


"Pleasantly Surprized" wrote in message
...
Today I shipped two bottles of wine by UPS. When I left my home, my wife
told me that it was against the law to ship wine by mail. I was not aware
of this. I assume she is correct unless someone can tell me otherwise.

You cannot ship wine via USPS (federal regulations, they want their taxes,
something I've never researched, etc.). Additionally, you'll find that UPS
will not carry wine - if they know it is wine.

In my search conducted a year ago, only DHL did *not* say that they wouldn't
ship wine (i.e. others expressly forbade it). Now, DHL and Airborne are
married so who knows?

IMO, the best method is to send the wine *not* via USPS and label the
package "test sample".

"Sean" wrote in message
news:zESzb.13528$bC.12956@clgrps13...
Call me crazy but is UPS not different than US postal or Canada Post? I
thought UPS was a courrier company as opposed to the post office. You can
pretty much "ship" anything but the post office tends to be a bit more
skittish whith whats being shipped.

Just my $0.02 ($0.026 US)

Sean


"Pleasantly Surprized" wrote in message
...
Today I shipped two bottles of wine by UPS. When I left my home, my
wife
told me that it was against the law to ship wine by mail. I was not
aware
of this. I assume she is correct unless someone can tell me otherwise.

I'm sure I'm not the only one who got wine. He didn't package it that
well - only wrote "fragile" on the package. I could hear the wine swish in
the bottles, so I don't know how they could know it wasn't wine. I don't
know that I'd ever send wine like this. Years ago, we got some wine shipped
from a winery out west as a Christmas present. It was a very cold year -
the wine froze, 2 bottles popped, and the other two had leaks from the
corks - the package was a mess. The winery did send us another box, which
got here in one piece. I know it's done, I just won't know that I would do
it.
Darlene

"Patrick McDonald" wrote in
message ...
You cannot ship wine via USPS (federal regulations, they want their taxes,
something I've never researched, etc.). Additionally, you'll find that UPS
will not carry wine - if they know it is wine.

In my search conducted a year ago, only DHL did *not* say that they
wouldn't
ship wine (i.e. others expressly forbade it). Now, DHL and Airborne are
married so who knows?

IMO, the best method is to send the wine *not* via USPS and label the
package "test sample".

"Sean" wrote in message
news:zESzb.13528$bC.12956@clgrps13...
Call me crazy but is UPS not different than US postal or Canada Post? I
thought UPS was a courrier company as opposed to the post office. You
can
pretty much "ship" anything but the post office tends to be a bit more
skittish whith whats being shipped.

Just my $0.02 ($0.026 US)

Sean


"Pleasantly Surprized" wrote in message
...
Today I shipped two bottles of wine by UPS. When I left my home, my
wife
told me that it was against the law to ship wine by mail. I was not
aware
of this. I assume she is correct unless someone can tell me
otherwise.

USPS freely ships "cooking" wine. Just label the box (and wine?)
accordingly. See section 42 in
http://www.usps.com/cpim/ftp/pubs/pub52.htm

I think UPS has the same policy on cooking wine. For table wine, they
go by the state-based trade agreements. See
http://www.ups.com/peakseason/transport_alcohol.html

Good Luck,
David

"Patrick McDonald" wrote in message ...
You cannot ship wine via USPS (federal regulations, they want their taxes,
something I've never researched, etc.). Additionally, you'll find that UPS
will not carry wine - if they know it is wine.

In my search conducted a year ago, only DHL did *not* say that they wouldn't
ship wine (i.e. others expressly forbade it). Now, DHL and Airborne are
married so who knows?

IMO, the best method is to send the wine *not* via USPS and label the
package "test sample".

"Sean" wrote in message
news:zESzb.13528$bC.12956@clgrps13...
Call me crazy but is UPS not different than US postal or Canada Post? I
thought UPS was a courrier company as opposed to the post office. You can
pretty much "ship" anything but the post office tends to be a bit more
skittish whith whats being shipped.

Just my $0.02 ($0.026 US)

Sean


"Pleasantly Surprized" wrote in message
...
Today I shipped two bottles of wine by UPS. When I left my home, my
wife
told me that it was against the law to ship wine by mail. I was not
aware
of this. I assume she is correct unless someone can tell me otherwise.

Good find on UPS' site. I didn't find it when I lived in NY and now that I'm
in Georgia, it isn't allowed. Nice...

"David D." wrote in message
om...
USPS freely ships "cooking" wine. Just label the box (and wine?)
accordingly. See section 42 in
http://www.usps.com/cpim/ftp/pubs/pub52.htm

I think UPS has the same policy on cooking wine. For table wine, they
go by the state-based trade agreements. See
http://www.ups.com/peakseason/transport_alcohol.html

Good Luck,
David

"Patrick McDonald" wrote in
message ...
You cannot ship wine via USPS (federal regulations, they want their
taxes,
something I've never researched, etc.). Additionally, you'll find that
UPS
will not carry wine - if they know it is wine.

In my search conducted a year ago, only DHL did *not* say that they
wouldn't
ship wine (i.e. others expressly forbade it). Now, DHL and Airborne are
married so who knows?

IMO, the best method is to send the wine *not* via USPS and label the
package "test sample".

"Sean" wrote in message
news:zESzb.13528$bC.12956@clgrps13...
Call me crazy but is UPS not different than US postal or Canada Post?
I
thought UPS was a courrier company as opposed to the post office. You
can
pretty much "ship" anything but the post office tends to be a bit more
skittish whith whats being shipped.

Just my $0.02 ($0.026 US)

Sean


"Pleasantly Surprized" wrote in message
...
Today I shipped two bottles of wine by UPS. When I left my home, my
wife
told me that it was against the law to ship wine by mail. I was not
aware
of this. I assume she is correct unless someone can tell me
otherwise.

Do not ship wine! Ship only "yeast samples"

Fred

"Pleasantly Surprized" wrote in message
...
Today I shipped two bottles of wine by UPS. When I left my home, my wife
told me that it was against the law to ship wine by mail. I was not aware
of this. I assume she is correct unless someone can tell me otherwise.

It depends a lot on who's accepting the shipment, BTW. I've luckily
found a rather clueless MailBoxesEtc./UPSstore near my home that'll
seemingly take anything, including the 3 cases of commercial wine I've
shipped to a friend in Boston following his visits out west.

Also, didn't they change some of the rules such that you can ship
wine/alcoholic beverages to yourself? Such that if the sender is
sending it to themselves at an address in some other state, it's OK?
Anyone else remember this change from I'd guess earlier in 2003?

Rob


(David D.) wrote in message . com...
USPS freely ships "cooking" wine. Just label the box (and wine?)
accordingly. See section 42 in
http://www.usps.com/cpim/ftp/pubs/pub52.htm

I think UPS has the same policy on cooking wine. For table wine, they
go by the state-based trade agreements. See
http://www.ups.com/peakseason/transport_alcohol.html

Good Luck,
David

"Patrick McDonald" wrote in message ...
You cannot ship wine via USPS (federal regulations, they want their taxes,
something I've never researched, etc.). Additionally, you'll find that UPS
will not carry wine - if they know it is wine.

In my search conducted a year ago, only DHL did *not* say that they wouldn't
ship wine (i.e. others expressly forbade it). Now, DHL and Airborne are
married so who knows?

IMO, the best method is to send the wine *not* via USPS and label the
package "test sample".

"Sean" wrote in message
news:zESzb.13528$bC.12956@clgrps13...
Call me crazy but is UPS not different than US postal or Canada Post? I
thought UPS was a courrier company as opposed to the post office. You can
pretty much "ship" anything but the post office tends to be a bit more
skittish whith whats being shipped.

Just my $0.02 ($0.026 US)

Sean


"Pleasantly Surprized" wrote in message
...
Today I shipped two bottles of wine by UPS. When I left my home, my
wife
told me that it was against the law to ship wine by mail. I was not
aware
of this. I assume she is correct unless someone can tell me otherwise.