UPS Wants to Ship More Wine and Booze Around the Globe

Aug 1, 2017

(Food&Wine) - If you’ve ever tried to have wine shipped, you’ve probably encountered just how surprisingly complicated it can be. As Americans are well aware, the laws regulating alcohol can be extremely intricate and, as a result, finding a company willing to get booze between point A and point B is far more complex than dropping by the post office. (Don’t bother. The USPS won’t let you ship alcohol at all. In fact, your package can even be denied if the box has any alcohol branding on it.)

Seeing an opportunity to fill this void, UPS announced this week that the company will be expanding its ability to ship wine, beer and spirits around the globe, including allowing wine lovers to have cases shipped directly to their home. “UPS is helping wineries reach consumers living in 24 of the top 35 wine importing countries, and distilleries in 9 of the top 25 spirit importing countries,” UPS wrote in a press release. “Depending on the destination, orders can arrive at the business or consumer’s home within 3 days.” UPS also cites an interesting statistic that 43 percent of all wine is consumed in a country other than where it’s produced.


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