Calais still draws British day-trippers hunting for cheap wine, but not every shop by the port deserves the stop. This guide ranks the best Calais wine shops,...
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Calais & cross-Channel
Calais is not Lille, I know. But for a lot of British visitors it is the first stop off the ferry or the Shuttle, and the last chance to load the boot before heading home. So I have kept a small corner of the site for it: the wine shops that genuinely deserve your custom, what you are allowed to bring back, and how not to pay over the odds. Consider it the grape-run section. Responsible stocking-up only.
Duty free shop Calais : the complete guide to getting the best deals on wine
The duty-free shops at Calais port and the LeShuttle terminal are familiar stops for British travellers crossing the Channel. But are they the best places to...