Importing wine

[TheEngineer]

Hope it is worth your while and you are doing it as a business and not for personal consumption as if that is the case, the just go and pick it up. [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb/smile.gif[/img] Otherwise you will need to look in two areas

(1) Bureau of Alcohol and Tobacco (BAT) and they will have a list of requirements. Call them and ask them to walk you through the process. They are usually pretty good. There are some very specific requirements including labeling, etc. There will also be taxation requirements for both the feds and the state. You might also consult with a lawyer to see which states would work best to locate the base operations as tax laws vary.

(2) Export regulations of the country you are exporting from. Some countries have very strict export requirements.

(3) shipping method (use the bigger ones as they can help you initially with the paperwork) and marina documentation.

This is not an easy thing to do but it will take time and a bit (quite a bit) of money to figure it out.