Wine Import Services.

The importation of wine into Ireland requires knowledge and expertise at a number of different levels. All wine and spirit shipments require to be cleared through customs both at the point of export and import into Ireland and the transaction of the customs formalities is an important and integral part of the process. The physical handling of wine must be completed in a manner appropriate to the safety and integrity of the product. In E F L we have carefully chosen the ways in which we manage our wine transport business to ensure its safe and careful transit from point of origin to ultimate destination. Apart from transportation from all parts of the wine producing areas of the world we manage warehousing and distribution for some of our clients throughout Ireland.

France

We operate weekly pallet services from all parts of France to all parts of Ireland. Our depots in Lyon and Paris gather shipments from all the major wine producing regions in France and we consolidate weekly departures from both depots.Our rates are structured on a per pallet / per carton basis to offer both quality service with competitive pricing.

Our partners in France are licensed to transport and handle wine for export from France and we handle a complete customs clearance service for bonded and duty paid options.

Italy

At our depot in Milan we gather and consolidate shipments from all parts of Italy for weekly dispatch to Dublin for countrywide distribution. As with France our agents are licensed to handle wine traffics.

Spain - Portugal

Our weekly consolidations from both Spain and Portugal cover all of the major wine producing areas.

Germany - Hungary - Bulgaria - Austria - Romania - Greece.

From each of these countries we offer regular services for both pallet and full container load shipments.

Regulations relating to importation of wine into Ireland can be located on the following:

Imports from outside the EU

How to calculate Irish Excise and Duty amounts.