# What's a good place to get a wine gift certifcate?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** wine\
**Created:** [March 4, 2010, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-place-to-get-a-wine-gift-certifcate/531342 "2010-03-04T22:41:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Surok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@Surok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surok)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-place-to-get-a-wine-gift-certifcate/531342/1 "2010-03-04T22:41:57Z")

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I have friends living in the US who are having a rough time. They like to have a bottle of wine with dinner; nothing fancy, I’m guessing maybe $10 - $15 bucks a bottle.

I’d like to get them a gift certificate/ delivery where they’d either get a couple of nice bottles wind up on their doorstip, or which they could redeem against getting a bottle or two of their favourite shipped to them.

Where should I go for this? Happy to pay a bit over the odds in return for the convenience.

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**Author:** ![Nicest\_of\_the\_Damned](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8baadc/32.png) [@Nicest\_of\_the\_Damned](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nicest_of_the_Damned)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-place-to-get-a-wine-gift-certifcate/531342/2 "2010-03-04T23:29:51Z")

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What state do they live in? Laws on shipping alcohol vary and I think it is prohibited some places.

Here is a link with info for each state:

> **[US Wine Shipping Laws](https://wineintro.com/basics/shipping/)**
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> US Wine Shipping Laws - In a country that produces Napa Valley Chardonnays, Washington Rieslings, Long Island Cabernets and great wines from almost every other state, it can be a felony to ship one of these wines between two states. The laws are...

ETA: looks like most of the info on the site above is kind of vague. Sorry. But if you know what state they live in you can probably find better information.