T&T: Canadian Customs

[Dick "Tator" or Patti]

We have been through Canadian Customs many times and usually pack 6-7 cases of wine for our summers in Alaska.  The procedure we follow is to declare the wine and then place it in a locked deck box.  The customs official then places a seal on the deck box which technically can be inspected anytime we are still in Canadian waters.  We have actually had to explain this procedure to several different Customs officials as they were not familiar with it.  It seems like the last thing they want to do is the paperwork that would be involved with paying duty on the wine.
  Another method we used when we were going to be on someone elses boat in Alaska was to have cases shipped by barge from Seattle. 
   
    I agree that BC makes some good wines and that they can be purchased for a very reasonable price in BC.  Prices of wines in SE Alaska are quite a bit higher than in Washington and while you can find higher end wines in Sitka, Juneau and Ketchikan, the variety of good under $10 daily drinkers is limited.
   
  Later, Tator 
  On Oz in Petersburg

       
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