my flying with wine story.

several years ago (pre 9/11) I had a bottle of wine in my carry-on that I was taking to a friend. I placed my bag on the belt and then I passed thru the metal detector. this set off the alarm. Before I could step back and address that problem, the guy screening the bags wanted to know what was in my bag. I told him it was a bottle of wine. He said I couldn't take it on the plane. I assured him I could. after we got a more "veteran" screener to come over, I was told that I could take the bottle aboard, but was warned not to open it on the aircraft. OK. I picked up my bag and proceeded to the gate.

I realized that I had never been asked to go back thru the metal detector. the guy had been so concerned about the wine, he lost sight of his primary function. this happened at T2 in PHX.