ah...the allowance is just duty free...you make it seem as if the law says you can not bring more back...you can bring as much as you want back...you just have to pay......hell my brother brings in thousands of $$ of fine wine and pays full duty.....the guys know him at the crossing and just sends him in to pay..thankfully, his province does not kick you in the teeth like Ontario and Qubec does with wine...well, not as hard...GST and PST is just the cost of living in Canada he says...