In California
| Direct shipment
by common carrier from another state (not to exceed 2.4 gallons
of wine, including vermouth and champagne) permissible if
permit to receive shipment obtained from Department of Alcoholic
Beverage Control, 1901 Broadway, Sacramento 94818. An adult
member of the U.S. Armed Forces serving outside the U.S. may
directly ship wine or brandy up to an amount exempt from payment
of duty by federal law* if sent via common carrier and consigned
to the premises of a licensed importer or customs broker,
or to a licensed importer or customs broker at the premises
of a licensed public warehouse. Adult returning from abroad may bring into state a reasonable amount of wine or brandy, except that a state resident returning by a vehicle which is not a common carrier or an adult entering the U.S. as a pedestrian is limited to the amount of alcohol exempt from payment of duty by federal law.* Adult returning from another state on a chartered airplane may bring into the state up to one quart of wine or brandy a year. An individual may bring in, or receive by direct shipment, up to two cases of wine per month for private use and consumption from states affording California the same reciprocal privilege. (¶7218 et seq.)(Cal. B & P Code§2366, et seq.). |