Originally Posted by
jackal
OK, I just called DXB customs and it was confirmed that for personal use, only 4L is allowed and any more is not accepted at all. (If you have a license, it's 100% duty.)
Sounds like we're down to having EK (or customs, though that's not likely) hold the wine for us in transit. We've had some airlines and customs entities offer to do this before, but I'm not hopeful here. :/
You can have 5 bottles each max. End of story.
Other than that ship it or drink it before you come back.
I did the same as you and I live here - you can chance bringing more ie in your suitcases but if you get caught they will take the excess off you.