In place of bubble wrap, I’ve used beach towels. First ziplocs or at least a few plastic bags, then wrapped well with towels and secure in the middle of the suitcase. Did this with wine and beer (bottles and cans) and...

, but I’m not sure about the etiquet. Can anyone help me out? Do I need to give the wine to the host/ess, waiter, bartender... does this need to be done earlier in the day of my reservation or just when I show up? Does the...

operations. Not to mention that in many restaurants someone goes to great effort to choose wine that will complement the menu. The last thing anyone wants to see is a bottle of cooking wine arriving in a brown paper bag to be...

law applied on the spot. Even if you are in the right, your excess wine may be confiscated and you’ll have to go through major hoops to reclaim it —- don’t assume it will be in pristine temperature controlled...

with the law, and I admit I really haven’t read too much into it, is the gas stations. Are the little stores at gas stations considered ‘markets’? Will there be beer and wine at the gas stations? That part...

We live in California where almost every restaurant allows a guest to bring his/her own wine and pay a corkage fee of from nothing to ~$25. We enjoy good wine, and have a pretty nice collection of wine at home. We enjoy eating...

anything that passes muster in a parking lot tasting. Hey, it’s doggy dog out there. So when it comes to scoring wines at the 99, luck and persistence trump skill 99 times out of 100.

There are no federal licenses or laws related to interstate shipping of wine, only state laws (most of which have been neutered by a Supreme Court decision). I once checked with BATF on this very point, and was advised that the...

I’m a newly arrived resident (Waltham) struggling to figure out how the wine/liquor laws work here, after years of living in the laissez-faire state of CA. Have appreciated help on this topic that came up on earlier...

for export to the UK. UK consumer law stated that the amount shown on the container was the minimum and it was a serious offence to sell ‘underweight’.* French (& EU) law allowed an average over a certain number of...

Had dinner at the Legals in Natick the other night. I know red wine and fish – blah, blah, blah, but they had some great red wines at very reasonable prices. I was hesitating to order a nice bottle and asked about the wine...

give you a goodie bag and a “free” wine glass when you enter. The tasting tents are a madhouse. Just go in and head to an open table. You’ll do a lot of waiting, but it’s worth it. Make sure you eat as...

I am curious—at what point do the Virginia authorities inspect bags coming in through Dulles, and when did the US Customs Service start enforcing Virginia Commonwealth laws? I find this all very odd, and being a resident of...

This continues a thread from the Midwest board that was pulled as being off-topic. While it is specific to Kansas City, I know others share the confusion/concern/dismay surrounding wine and liquor laws. Generally in Kansas City it...

On the spirits side though, I’ve found the Charles St crew to be fairly clueless. They have some decent stuff, but they’re definitely more beer oriented (again, can’t speak about wine, that’s not my bag)