Is it worth exporting wine from the UK to the US?
7 Jun 2006 by JR
Efrain Rodriguez, London W2: I would like to hear from others who have purchased or stored wine in the UK and subsequently had it shipped to the US. I am considering this option as many times the price of older vintage premium French wines is much less than the retail price available in the States, and I am concerned with proper storage of fine wine from many US retailers. Has anyone found it beneficial to ship from the UK? Mel Knox, San Francisco: In the 1970s there were many UK merchants who had bought clarets, German wines etc advantageously, yet the UK market was weak and the pound was down. They...

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