Just returned from BA with 26 bottles of vino. All safe and sound in my basement :-)

Thanks to Gaucho100K for providing me with a nice selection of old favorites and new discoveries that cannot be found at home as well as the wonderful service his company provides with great packing in reliable shipping containers and assistance getting to a taxi!

I also found wonderful bottles while walking around town and popping into various shops, selecting a bottle or two here and there to place in an empty shipper I brought along. However, I was glad to have visited Terroir first as they had unique wines not found in these other stores so it worked out well in this order.

Also found the EZE duty free shop still has a reliable stock of high end domestic wines that you will not likely find at home so I was able to score a pair of single vineyard Catena malbecs at a fair price before boarding.

I declared value of all 26 bottles at US customs and after handing me off to three different agents, sent me away without any duty fees.

The cases survived both intl and domestic (regional carrier) flights and the two extra bottles were packed into my checked bag after customs and suffered not.

Cheers,

-Cyborg