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how much liquor can i bring - 1/21/2013 10:10:03 AM
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szroo
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ive never done this before but have packed 2 bota boxes of wine and one liter of pinnacle vodka. will this pass thru customs? ive read others bringing in bladders of boxed wine. hopefully i dont end up with a suitcase full of red stained clothing!
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RE: how much liquor can i bring - 1/21/2013 10:17:43 AM
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panesh
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You can get almost anything you want down there at Chedraui or Soriana or Walmart. No need to take things with you, You can buy good stuff at the airport duty free. It seems like a lot to go through for some booze.
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RE: how much liquor can i bring - 1/21/2013 10:57:33 AM
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TomKatWpg
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I hope all that fluid doesn't put your luggage overweight!
You can pickup liquor at the dutyfree on your way to customs, as long as your plane comes thru a regular gate!
We got messed up last trip as there was no gate available for us and we deplaned on the tarmac and were bused to customs, missing the dutyfree.
The Chedraui in Puerto Aventuras worked perfectly for us.
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RE: how much liquor can i bring - 1/21/2013 8:17:57 PM
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szroo
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Thanks everyone for your info! i do stop at soriana but going for 2weeks with no car. i heard others taking their favorite california box wine which is way more economical than buying wine at super chomak! ill let ya know how my red wine survives the bag handlers.
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RE: how much liquor can i bring - 1/21/2013 11:46:06 PM
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Hans and Joan
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There are plenty of good wines available there in stores like Chedraui's and even Sam's club. South American and Spanish are very adequate but admittedly it can be hit or miss so don't get the very low price wines. I can't see the logic of taking box wines unless you like really cheap wine.
And there are excellent liquors like Tequila (Herradura Reposado is our favorite - try placing it in the freezer for a few hours or overnight - it is like a nice syrup), and try the 8 year old Cuban rum, and the 7 year old "Cuban style" rum by Bacardi - very excellent. Go with the flow, that is what they are good at. If you like Bourbon or Scotch etc these are available....but the price is right, especially at Chedraui's and Sams on the tequila and rum.
We make our own diet pinacolodas and margaritas by buying the Mex equivalent of Crystal light but they have the Red hibiscus flavor, the lemon and orange flavor, and we mix a strong solution of that as the syrup, a third coconut juice from a coconut, some fresh lime squeeze and rum or tequila...and either make with ice cubes or throw them all in a blender with ice to make some amazing frozen margaritas, pinacoloda's etc.
Enjoy ! How do you get the signature line with the swimming turtle ?
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RE: how much liquor can i bring - 1/22/2013 1:10:57 AM
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szroo
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great tips on mixed drinks especially the hibiscus and coconut! sounds delicious. ill look for the bacardi rums at soriana.
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RE: how much liquor can i bring - 1/22/2013 7:26:45 AM
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American box wine is way cheaper than Canadian box wine, so I usually take 3L of wine from duty free, and I've found 2 white wines in Mexico, that I LOVE (one is Chilean, the other is Argentinian, and they're delicious!). We are going for a month, so I will take my 3L of wine from DF and will then be buying 2 cases (12 bottles ea) of the Chilean white). Friends are coming for 10 days, and she's a wino like me! 
Couple of years ago we had 7 bottles in our luggage, they asked what it was, but there were no problems.
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RE: how much liquor can i bring - 1/23/2013 12:00:35 AM
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szroo
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thanks fins, what are the names of the wines?
btw i saw your trip report photos and they awesome! good work.
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RE: how much liquor can i bring - 1/23/2013 7:00:59 AM
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Jamie
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Don't know what Fins buys, but I found a Chilean wine called Concha y Toro to be very good, now I like reds and found their wines quite good, a number of folks swear by their Sauvignon Blanc, there was a recent thread on this if you do a forum search. I know I found some at both the San Francisco in Tulum and Chomak.
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RE: how much liquor can i bring - 1/23/2013 6:39:11 PM
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TomKatWpg
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Concha y Toro makes a couple of reds we like....Castillio Diablo and Frontera. The Carmeniere is awesome and the Cabernet / Merlot are both good. We did find some at the Chedraui in PA.
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RE: how much liquor can i bring - 1/23/2013 8:24:17 PM
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tequib
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We've brought box wine several times without any problems, but the weight/baggage restrictions are starting to curtail that. We just pick up liqour in the duty free if needed.
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RE: how much liquor can i bring - 1/23/2013 9:32:59 PM
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szroo
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thanks everyone for taking the time to share your experiences. i took out more clothes and one of the boxes of wine so im good now on suitcase weight. that bota box is pretty darn cheap comes out to $5 a bottle!! yay for pinnacle vodka and delicious in flavored club soda.
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