ranles brings up some interesting points. That's why we only:

a) carry-on our wine
b) bring home what we know California will allow us to keep (some 12-24 cases a person)
d) do our homework
c) only buy wines that are either not available in the US (a lot of boutique wines are not exported) or are considerably cheaper abroad. We will not hassle with brining in wine that saves us $2 a bottle. If we're going to lug wine home they're going to be at least $50 bottles that we've saved a minimum of 25 percent on over the price at home.

[This message has been edited by letiole (edited 07-04-2002).]