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I am sorry to ask cannot she find those wine in USA? And what ever she buy in Portugal cannot she buy in USA? Is it worth this much hard process to bring it there? The best thing ship it to her declare from there. But I traveled to Washington, with lot of Dutch stuff like cheese no one checked no one asked me to open the bag. I have curry leaves, dry fish, and lot other stuff too. No one asked me to open and I went out directly. So is it not like that any more that means?
I am sorry to ask cannot she find those wine in USA? And what ever she buy in Portugal cannot she buy in USA? Is it worth this much hard process to bring it there? The best thing ship it to her declare from there. But I traveled to Washington, with lot of Dutch stuff like cheese no one checked no one asked me to open the bag. I have curry leaves, dry fish, and lot other stuff too. No one asked me to open and I went out directly. So is it not like that any more that means?
There is a lot of great wine from Portugal that is not distributed in the US.
As far as the items you brought to the US, completely illegal and for good reason. You could have introduced an insect or disease that could have ravaged the agriculture in that state. The Medfly that did a billion plus in crop damage was introduced by one ignorant tourist who thought the rules didn't apply to them.
While I think it's kind of silly that I can't bring tea bags or hard candies to Australia, it's their rules and I'm a guest in their country, so I'll abide by them. To not do so would be incredibly rude at the least, criminal at worst.
By the way, the ways people have suggested packing wine for air travel are not approved by the FAA, and your wine can be seized (forfeited) for packing the bottles in an unapproved container or packaging.
I am sorry to ask cannot she find those wine in USA? And what ever she buy in Portugal cannot she buy in USA? Is it worth this much hard process to bring it there? The best thing ship it to her declare from there. But I traveled to Washington, with lot of Dutch stuff like cheese no one checked no one asked me to open the bag. I have curry leaves, dry fish, and lot other stuff too. No one asked me to open and I went out directly. So is it not like that any more that means?
Those wines are from our vineyard in Portugal. Some wines found in Portugal can be found in the US indeed, but usually very generic ones and 4-5 times more expensive.
Even the typical smoked sausages and hams like prosciutto are much more expensive in the US.
You can find a lot of good wines here in the 1-3 dollar a bottle range, but like I said most of the wines were unique and not found in the US.
Anyhow this is an old post and everything was fine she got thru, the wine is the least of problems since you can bring them all you want.
two weeks ago during her last stay here she didn't take many things... only a couple bottles of wine and about 6 lbs of 'flower salt' which is ridiculously expensive in the US (like 35 dollars per lbs when in here its 45 cents)
As far as the items you brought to the US, completely illegal and for good reason. You could have introduced an insect or disease that could have ravaged the agriculture in that state. The Medfly that did a billion plus in crop damage was introduced by one ignorant tourist who thought the rules didn't apply to them.
Every item the poster listed is legal to bring into the US.
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Originally Posted by annerk
While I think it's kind of silly that I can't bring tea bags or hard candies to Australia, it's their rules and I'm a guest in their country, so I'll abide by them. To not do so would be incredibly rude at the least, criminal at worst.
That is Australia, we are talking about the US.
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Originally Posted by annerk
By the way, the ways people have suggested packing wine for air travel are not approved by the FAA, and your wine can be seized (forfeited) for packing the bottles in an unapproved container or packaging.
There is no approval method of packing wine, other than you cannot carry it on board with you unless you purchased it duty free.
Those wines are from our vineyard in Portugal. Some wines found in Portugal can be found in the US indeed, but usually very generic ones and 4-5 times more expensive.
Even the typical smoked sausages and hams like prosciutto are much more expensive in the US.
You can find a lot of good wines here in the 1-3 dollar a bottle range, but like I said most of the wines were unique and not found in the US.
Anyhow this is an old post and everything was fine she got thru, the wine is the least of problems since you can bring them all you want.
two weeks ago during her last stay here she didn't take many things... only a couple bottles of wine and about 6 lbs of 'flower salt' which is ridiculously expensive in the US (like 35 dollars per lbs when in here its 45 cents)
There is rarely any issues with bringing items into the US. The US has a very liberal list of allowed items.
I have been bringing all sorts of things into the US for many years, from wine, to olive oil, to candy, you name it and I have brought it. Never an issue, even during the bag checks which my carrying an entire suitcase of food always gets a special screening.
I have been bringing all sorts of things into the US for many years, from wine, to olive oil, to candy, you name it and I have brought it. Never an issue, even during the bag checks which my carrying an entire suitcase of food always gets a special screening.
With meats they are not so liberal.
According to the same website, stuff like smoked meats, prosciutto and such are a no no.
According to the same website, stuff like smoked meats, prosciutto and such are a no no.
I guess I should have stated liberal compared with other popular destinations. The US does still have tight regs over specific products, like the meat you described. Talking with my wife now about it, we actually never have brought meat back into the US, but I am not a big meat fan so i would never be tempted to anyway.
Novelty canned haggis is also subject to seizure by US Customs because sheep's stomach is not considered to be fit for human consumption by the relevant folks in the US government.
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