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Moving Wine Cellar

Last activity 10 April 2019 by GuestPoster2367

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GuestPoster2367

Just curious if anyone has had any experience in moving their wine cellar from another country to Portugal?  I have a fairly large, pretty good cellar and would hate to have to leave it behind when I move.  Just not sure if the legal hassle or expense would be worth it.  Thanks.

Fred

Customs duty and general hassle commonly means it's an expensive headache to move stuff.
I can't help you with the problems as such, just suggest you have a serious party if moving it proves too difficult.
To define 'party' - a gathering the town will talk about for the next ten years.

GuestPoster2367

Yeah,that’s kinda what I was thinking.

ericpret

I have looked into this. Without penalty or tax you can bring wine for 'a normal home wine rack'.
My 400+ bottle rack is not considered 'normal'.  I will drink a lot of wine before moving and move only the ones which are old and precious - about 40 bottles. Not  a great loss, as wine is cheap in Portugal and I can rebuild without too much expense. I will miss my collection of 2015 Rhone and Tuscan wines.

GuestPoster2367

That's what I'm hearing.  I just put a moratorium on buying reds and will drink my cellar down as far as possible in the next few years.  By the time I'm ready to move, hopefully the number of bottles will be reasonable and I can pick the best to import.

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