T&T: Canadian Customs

[J Rudolph]

John,

I would definately second Steve's comments on using the BC liquor 
monopoly as your source.  We had difficulty 1 time out of ten 
crossings.   BC customs folks are usually just great but they are like 
custom's officials everywhere, eventually you may be the target of a 
'by the book' search as we were.  We have decided it just goes with the 
territory of crossing borders and isn't worth the aggravation. You 
never know when a new customs agent is being trained.

The only thing I would add is that you might find sampling the many 
good Okanagan Valley wines that have gotten remarkably better each year 
we go back to BC, to be worth trying.  Some excellent wines, both red 
and white, are made in BC and they are not much exported to the US as 
far as I can tell. The duty on foreign wine and spirits, I hear,  are 
their method of protecting this budding wine industry that is rapidly 
expanding especially in BC.  Culinary delights abound in BC. The ales 
are good too.   They all go great with the scenery.

J Rudolph
M/V Kiapoko
KK 48 NS
Ventura CA

Steven Dubnoff wrote:

>  If I wanted good wine at
> reasonable prices, I would stay in the US, but, on the other hand, I
> wouldn't have all of that wonderful seafood to accompany it.