Duty free Wine on Rotterdam Hull crossing (1 Viewer)

[Prop]

Hi we normally pick up our wine in calais before crossing.
We are in germany and considering the Rotterdam-Hull crossing for our return.
Can you bulk buy at the terminal or on the ferry and if so how do you carry 48 bottles to your van?
Are there any wine superstores in Rotterdam?
Any advice welcome.

 

[Nirvanauk]

These days I find it cheaper in the U.K. not sure if you’d get away with 48 bottles since B. I stand to be corrected.

 

[Prop]

These days I find it cheaper in the U.K. not sure if you’d get away with 48 bottles since B. I stand to be corrected.

Sorry thats 24 bottles per person.
We have found some good qaulity wines for 4-5 euros in NE Germany but dont
want to be driving around with that weight.

 

[The Wino]

I think with the latest increase in duty in the UK the duty free wine will be cheaper. When we last went on a ferry there was a very poor choice though.

 

[lorger]

We will be on the boat Saturday night if you want any prices checked, we did buy some gin on our last sailing as it was a decent price. You pay for it and collect the next morning as you’re not allowed to take it to your cabin, I’m sure they do offer to help carry it to your vehicle, Agni can check.

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[Prop]

We will be on the boat Saturday night if you want any prices checked, we did buy some gin on our last sailing as it was a decent price. You pay for it and collect the next morning as you’re not allowed to take it to your cabin, I’m sure they do offer to help carry it to your vehicle, Agni can check.

Lorger thats brilliant thanks, we are only interested in wine, if you could check the following for us.
Will they help take 8 boxes of 6 bottles down to our van for us?
Is there anywhere on line we can check what's available to buy to buy before we board.
We are not travelling until October.
Thanks
Paul & Elaine

 

[lorger]

Lorger thats brilliant thanks, we are only interested in wine, if you could check the following for us.
Will they help take 8 boxes of 6 bottles down to our van for us?
Is there anywhere on line we can check what's available to buy to buy before we board.
We are not travelling until October.
Thanks
Paul & Elaine

No worries I’ll ask them on Saturday, unfortunately we don’t drink wine so have no idea what’s a decent bottle so will take photos

 

[Marie-Claire]

We came bk via Irish into dover last saturday and had 40 bottles, no one checked anything and just waved us out of the port, bought from various stores around northern france

 

[Millcourt]

Always bring our full quota of still wine back in boxes to reduce weight of glass and easier to stow. Obviously our quota of ‘fizzy’ has to be in bottles. 4 bottles (3 litres) of still wine weighs around 4.8 kg. 1 box of wine (3 litres) typically weighs 3.2 kg. We rarely bother with beer because of the weight.

The current UK Government restrictions on alcohol imports for personal use are:

Alcohol allowance​

How much you can bring depends on the type of alcohol. You can bring in:

• beer - 42 litres
• wine (still) - 18 litres

You can also bring in either:

• spirits and other liquors over 22% alcohol - 4 litres
• sparkling wine, fortified wine (for example port, sherry) and other alcoholic drinks up to 22% alcohol (not including beer or still wine) - 9 litres

You can split this last allowance, for example you could bring 4.5 litres of fortified wine and 2 litres of spirits (both half of your allowance).


So as 18 litres of still wine is 24 bottles, if two of you are travelling Prop , you can bring back 48 bottles or 12 x 3 litre boxes. In addition you can bring in up to 24 bottles of “fizz” or 8 litres of spirit or a different mix as mentioned above.

We are also travelling on the Rotterdam to Hull ferry in a couple of weeks, so would grateful to hear from lorger about any good deals on board P&O if we do not get our full quota before sailing.

 

[Nirvanauk]

We will be on the boat Saturday night if you want any prices checked, we did buy some gin on our last sailing as it was a decent price. You pay for it and collect the next morning as you’re not allowed to take it to your cabin, I’m sure they do offer to help carry it to your vehicle, Agni can check.

Came over a couple of weeks ago on it. Litre of Gordon’s gin £10.99 can’t fault that.

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[Lenny HB]

These days I find it cheaper in the U.K. not sure if you’d get away with 48 bottles since B. I stand to be corrected.

18 Lt per person so 24 x 75cl bottles each.

 

[Lenny HB]

want to be driving around with that weight.

48 bottles is only about 60kg.
Last trip came back with 46 bottles plus 8 bottles of gin and a few other bottles plus about 20 or 30 Lt of beer.

 

[Millcourt]

48 bottles is only about 60kg.
Last trip came back with 46 bottles plus 8 bottles of gin and a few other bottles plus about 20 or 30 Lt of beer.

However, Lenny HB 12 x 3 litre boxes weigh around 38 kg and have a total volume which is much less than 48 bottles in their cardboard boxes and thus likely easier to stow. Prop is in a VW T5 and probably does not have the 1000 kg of spare payload you have previously mentioned in your Hymer.

 

[The Wino]

However, Lenny HB 12 x 3 litre boxes weigh around 38 kg and have a total volume which is much less than 48 bottles in their cardboard boxes and thus likely easier to stow. Prop is in a VW T5 and probably does not have the 1000 kg of spare payload you have previously mentioned in your Hymer.

I think the problem with the wine boxes is if you don't try one before you buy the lot you might need a lot of fish and chips to use them up. If you do try one you have almost 3,l to use pretty quickly ( hardship!) . You also have a lot of the same stuff to work through. It depends how choosy you are.

 

[Millcourt]

I think the problem with the wine boxes is if you don't try one before you buy the lot you might need a lot of fish and chips to use them up. If you do try one you have almost 3,l to use pretty quickly ( hardship!) . You also have a lot of the same stuff to work through. It depends how choosy you are.

Yes…..it can be a problem and we have made some mistakes in the past.

We have found 6 boxes of the Roche Mazet Merlot (when in France) and 6 boxes of a New Zealand (preferably) or Chilean Sauvignon Blanc (not the French sauvignon) meet our “everyday” needs (well not exactly EVERY day!!!), until our next trip to Europe. Keeping the white opened box in the fridge and the red in a cool place in the kitchen seems to keep them good for up to around 3 weeks. If we have visitors, we can decant into a carafe to seem a bit more refined. (Unless you actually see a bottle uncorked at the table, this is what many restaurants probably do from even larger boxes!)

The real snag with using boxes is that it is all too easy just top up your glass.

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[lorger]

Apologies folks as I totally forgot to upload the photos, we bought 8 bottles of gin and opened one last night bloom strawberry at £9.99 great value.
I’ve no idea if these are cheap as don’t drink wine so took photos of the wine they had, you can decide. Also if you order 4 cases they will carry it to your vehicle.

 

[lorger]

Forgot to tag Prop

 

[Jays2]

Yes…..it can be a problem and we have made some mistakes in the past.

We have found 6 boxes of the Roche Mazet Merlot (when in France) and 6 boxes of a New Zealand (preferably) or Chilean Sauvignon Blanc (not the French sauvignon) meet our “everyday” needs (well not exactly EVERY day!!!), until our next trip to Europe. Keeping the white opened box in the fridge and the red in a cool place in the kitchen seems to keep them good for up to around 3 weeks. If we have visitors, we can decant into a carafe to seem a bit more refined. (Unless you actually see a bottle uncorked at the table, this is what many restaurants probably do from even larger boxes!)

The real snag with using boxes is that it is all too easy just top up your glass.

3 weeks in a fridge for 3 litres, that only 4 bottles! Would not get past day 4

 

[Prop]

Apologies folks as I totally forgot to upload the photos, we bought 8 bottles of gin and opened one last night bloom strawberry at £9.99 great value.
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Brilliant thank you very much, we have now got a good idea whst we are doing.
Much aprpeciared

 

[lorger]

Brilliant thank you very much, we have now got a good idea whst we are doing.
Much aprpeciared

If you like Gin they have some really good deals.

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