Will you be able to carry on wine?
 

A coworker of mine was not allowed to carry on her close bottle of water or her coffee at the airport. If bottled water which usually comes in a clear container is out, I can't imagine wine in an opaque glass bottle would pass. I guess I'll have to put it in checked luggage.

I brought back several bottles on my carry on from Paris just last Monday. I would suggest not to do this. At the time I had no idea that they could be used for nefarious purposes. Ask the place you buy the bottles from if they ship. In light of the circumstances I'm sure that companies abroad have made this connection.

Please excuse me if this is a blatantly stupid question, but wine in checked luggage will explode, right? I believe I was once told that luggage compartments are not pressurized.

No explosions in my experience.

I carried back 6 bottles of wine from Italy through London to Texas and had no problems at all 3 weeks ago.

Just returned home from Paris on Saturday the 15th and carried on 6 botttle of wonderful Chateauneuf du Papes. <BR> <BR>No problems at all. <BR> <BR>TBH

<BR>Just a thought, but if simple little things like tweezers and nail clippers are not allowed due to the potentional of becoming weapons, it could very well be that any glass bottle which could be broken and the glass shards used as weapons, will also be not allowed.

Is it possible that in Europe you will be able to bring the bottles on the plane as carry on items but once you hit the USA, the rules will tighten? <BR> <BR>Maybe if you have to change planes in Chicago or NYC, etc. then you will not be able to carry on the items. <BR> <BR>I know security measures in USA are much tighter now but has this trickled over to other countries since the WTC incident and caused security measures to change in other countries?

I have never had problems with items exploding in my checked luggage. I would not be as concerned with checking in wine as I would with checking in Champagne. Just make sure that you wrap it very well inside of a towel. Or since you are already planning on bringing back wine why don't you bring along a small amount of bubble wrap and some tape.

Just called British Airways and was told that no glass of any kind was allowed as carry on.

Just carried back two bottles of Brunello di Montalcino in my carry on bag yesterday on United flight Milan to Washington, DC. No problem at all.

We carried on 2 bottles of alcohol from France without any problem last Friday. We went through CDG in Paris, the Frankfurt airport, and one in the US. I had wondered about the glass thing also.

Remember that the duty free stores <BR>are usualy found inside the gate after you have checked in. In CDG you can buy <BR>yout two bottles to take on the plane. <BR> <BR>I doubt very much that they will stop you for a few bottles. <BR>

We flew home from Frankfurt on September 22 and were not allowed to carry any glass items on the plane as they could be used as a weapon. We checked the wine without problems.

we came back on saturday the 22nd from italy, brought back wine, and liquors and had no problems coming thru security, customs. whatever.

For the record, baggage compartments are both pressurized and heated. Even if they weren't pressurized, the maximum differential of 14.7 psi from the inside of the bottle to the outside would not be sufficient to "explode" the glass, though I suppose it could cause leakage past a loose cork. Champagne bottles are extra thick, so I doubt the extra pressure from the carbonation would be a problem there either.

Thank you all for your imput. It seems that the answer to the question is "whatever the guy at the security gate feels like doing." I'll probabaly put the wine in checked baggage just to be on the safe side. It will relieve a lot of weight off of my shoulders anyway. I still remember coming back from my cruise with bottles of tequila, amaretto, and vanilla in my carry on. It wasn't fun.