Wine shipping from Portugal to over 30 countries!

So you made it over here to visit Portugal. I am sure you have tried Port, or other Portuguese wines in the past and thought, "Wouldn’t it be great if we were able to ship some of these bottles, (or cases) back home instead of having to schlep them all over the place and hope they arrive safely?" And then, instead, you had to figure out how to haul them back, loading them in the belly of the plane and saying a prayer!

If you are an American resident, this might have been a problem in the past because of the inane laws and insane regulations imposed by the ATF, the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. So, this would mean that someone living in New York might not have a problem shipping their wines, but someone in Massachusetts might find it difficult, if not impossible. How many of you have wrapped bottles of wine in your clothes to prevent breakage, only to find shattered bottles and ruined clothes when you returned back home, or worse!?!? This is not just a problem in the USA. The same holds true for other countries in Europe too, not to mention ... everywhere!

Global Wine Shipping (GWS) is a joint venture of friends, who love Portuguese wines! Determined to find solutions and eliminate pesky problems for those visiting Portugal. Now GWS ships wine directly to your home, worry free, reasonably priced ... and Satisfaction Guaranteed! In fact, we finally turned on the website, earlier today!

While GWS may be new, the shipping company behind it … is not. It has been doing this for several years now! We can legally ship Portuguese wine to all 50 states and 30+ countries in Europe. With great success, to all 50 states and a wide swath of European countries too!

We work with many wine properties and other partners all across mainland Portugal in order to provide a shipping solution to any wine order. No company in the world provides a service quite like this, especially with a legal solution for the delivery of wines in any state in America, regardless of the quantity. So, this means that we provide a door-to-door service that is free of hassle. You will not have to worry about documentation for the wine purchase in order to ship with us, and you will not have to pay any customs charges on top of the shipping. This means you can just buy your wines and we will take care of everything that needs to be sorted out, in order to ship the wines to your home in America, or the countries in Europe, listed on our GWS site. This applies to shipments of wine inside the E.U., however, outside the E.U. you might have to pay customs fees. Please inquire on the website to learn more!

Port & Douro wine lovers please note: We pick up the wines directly from many vineyards in the Douro Region as well as other regions. IF your wine order is placed with a vineyard outside of our pick up zones, then the vineyard would have to ship the wines to our office (or we might find a different solution, this will not be an impediment!). We want to reach out to other places in Portugal, like Madeira, the Azores, and Alentejo, so shipping from these places will not be a problem, we will be looking for solutions as we move into the near future.

Once we have the order in our possession, we will then repackage the wines in our own wine boxes, so that it is safer to ship. After that we will create the label for each shipment in order to expedite the orders. As tracking numbers are obtained, we will provide them to you via email.

Non-U.S.A. shipments will have the tracking numbers shortly after the wine has been collected. The shipments of wine to the U.S.A. take a bit longer to get a tracking number since they are bundled up together and only after they get to the U.S. customs do they get the tracking for the final destination. Sometimes it takes a week, sometimes more than that, but we will provide the final tracking number ASAP. For more information on the shipping process to the U.S. please check the website.

To retain our loyal customers, we offer discounts for both USA and European “frequent fliers” to help reduce their PT wine shipping cost. Easily explained on our DISCOUNTS page found on the website. All discounts are available for clients beginning with their 2nd orders, at least one month after the very first order. All subsequent orders will automatically get discounted, as a bonus for loving our services and continuing to use GWS. Just ask for a quote in order to get more info on a particular order.

GWS service is “satisfaction guaranteed” and we offer VERY competitive insurance rates at very reasonable prices. It is important to understand the nuances of wine insurance and what is covered, or not. It’s explained in greater detail in the next few paragraphs. Please read closely, to thoroughly understand these dynamics. We guarantee satisfaction, within the parameters that insurance permits. It takes a minute to understand and if you remain unsure, please ask us!

One of the most important things when we buy anything is peace of mind. We provide this for all the shipping to the U.S.A. and European countries, because we have a secure and legal way to ship the wines to consumers in America and the EU countries and a couple of others too.

The only thing missing is the insurance, right? International laws allow that any shipment is covered in 8.44€ per kg, this is roughly 10€ per bottle of wine. So, if you buy wines that are covered by the regular insurance, you are all set. If not, you can add additional protection to your order. What you’ll pay for the best insurance is 2% of the value of the wines to be shipped. For example: if you’re sending 12 bottles worth 1,000€, what you will pay is 20€ for the extra coverage. 15€ is the minimum value for the insurance. Your wines will be fully covered by this extra insurance. You MUST activate the insurance at the time you place your order. This service needs to be activated prior to us shipping, as it’s impossible to insure, after it has been shipped.

The 12 bottles will be covered, so if they all break you will get the full 1000€ back or a new order shipped to you, paid by us. But if only one bottle breaks you will get the amount equal to the average cost of the wine contained in the case. Using the above example, you would get 83.33€ back, provided the bottle is worth that value or above. IF the bottle is worth 40€ you will get the 40€ back. If that bottle is worth 500€ you’ll only get the average of all bottles, (or in this example, 83.33€). This is not our policy, it’s how insurance companies work and we hope this is now far clearer, for realistic expectations of what we mean by “satisfaction guaranteed.”

The Global Wine Shipping (GWS) Team:

  • Nuno Cadilhe – Commercial Director of GWS. Porto, Portugal
  • Elizabeth Serra – Associate Partner, Pulsar Development International (UK), Porto Portugal
  • Stewart Todd – Vice President of Technology, For The Love Of Port. Seattle, Washington
  • Roy Hersh – Founder & CEO, For The Love Of Port; and PortugueseWineTours. Porto, Portugal

 

https://www.globalwineshipping.com