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This gives me hope that it's easier to ship wine now. Last time I tried to ship wine to my parents as a gift I literally couldn't find a courier who would accep
by bonestamp2 3y ago
This gives me hope that it's easier to ship wine now. Last time I tried to ship wine to my parents as a gift I literally couldn't find a courier who would accept it.
To a degree, I don't blame them... most people suck at packing, but there are products that are made for shipping wine bottles and they don't accept those from consumers either (although wineries use the same couriers and containers to ship wine to me). Hopefully this has changed.
- zippergz 3y agoAt least within the US, individual to individual wine shipping is basically impossible without breaking some laws and/or regulations. Typically, you need to be a licensed retailer or producer (winery), and the rules vary depending on the state the recipient is in. Certainly people do it (often claiming it's "olive oil" or similar), but it's still not easy to do it legitimately as an individual. Even as a retailer or producer (which might be what you were trying to do) it varies a lot by state, and some states are very restrictive.
- bonestamp2 3y agoAh, that makes sense. So, they probably just have a blanket policy not to allow it because the regulations/laws basically make it impossible anyway.