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Originally Posted by Jimmy Stang
While we're talking wine... I'm going to be in Europe this spring and would love to bring a few bottles back. What I know:
- You can bring two 750ml bottle into Canada duty free
- You cannot bring it in your carry-on
What I'm unsure about is how you would ensure that it doesn't get obliterated in your checked luggage. I like reds, so it would also ruin all of my clothes. I could imagine that you can get cylinders to put the wine into so that it won't get crushed. Are they readily available at merchants in Europe, should I wait until I get to the airport and pick it up there? I would like to find some obscure vineyard in Slovenia though and bring some of that back because Italian wines are quite plentiful in Canada, albeit much more expensive than when you're in Europe.
Any suggestions? Take my own tubes with me?
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Personally I have gotten away with bringing 3 bottles back, customs didn't really care. I only had a traveller's back pack so I just wrapped them in my clothes, just make sure the stem is the most protected.
As for Slovenia, they have amazing wine, I do not remember any of the red wines, but I do have a couple white wine suggestions, there is Verus Pinot Gris, which is really fruity, goes down really good, probably my favorite wine. The other one is Movia Sauvignon, which was actually Tito's favorite wine, and the only brand not collectivized.
Also if your near there, check out some Croatian wines, pretty good as well. Have fun, and the best advice I can give you is just do your own personal wine tasting, its pretty cheap so you can just go place to place and order what you want.