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Can you send wine or chacha by parcel from Georgia?

Georgian Post rules on alcohol.

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Short answer

Wine and chacha cannot be sent through Georgian Post's AVIA express service, because it bans alcoholic drinks, any liquids and food products. For regular international parcels alcohol is not in the general list of prohibitions, but each destination country may add its own restrictions. Check the conditions for your country on gpost.ge.

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Why

  1. Section 4.1.17 of the AVIA terms bans food products, cigarettes, medications, any kind of liquid and alcoholic drinks.
  2. Shipments with prohibited contents are not delivered or forwarded.
  3. Alcohol is not in Georgian Post's general list of prohibitions for international mail, but section 1.2 lets each country add its own restrictions.
  4. A parcel may contain almost any item as long as sending and receiving it does not break Georgian law, Universal Postal Union acts or the rules of the destination country.

Details

Under the AVIA terms of 20 November 2025, shipments with prohibited contents are neither delivered nor returned, and unclaimed shipments are destroyed after 21 calendar days unless the sender pays for their return. For a regular parcel, the requirements for each country are collected in a separate section of gpost.ge, and that is where to look for alcohol restrictions for your destination. Check Georgia's own rules on exporting alcohol separately.

If you want to carry wine yourself rather than post it, see Best Georgian wines to bring home, and for limits on bringing alcohol to Russia see Alcohol allowance from Georgia to Russia.

Tip

Before sending, open the gpost.ge requirements page, select the country and read its rules, and if in doubt call the hotline +995 32 224 09 09.

What may differ

Rules depend on the destination country and the type of shipment (express, regular parcel) and may change. The country requirements list opens once a country is selected.

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Sources

18+. This answer is for reference: the rules of Georgian Post and the destination country change, so check gpost.ge before sending.

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