Where can we buy wine in San Juan before our cruise?

[trn68]

We are going to be on the Crown sailing out of San Juan on January 27th. (This Saturday). We would like to buy a few bottles of wine to bring aboard with us to enjoy during our cruise. Where is the best place to buy wine near the pier? Thanks!!! :)

[robtulipe]

It depends where the Crown is docked to get your supplies for the cruise. Walgreen didn't have alcohol beverages.

In OSJ on Plaza de Armas at Calles San Francisco and Cruz, there is a Walgreens, a duty free liquor store and a Pueblo supermarket where you can pick up sodas, bottle water, wine, beer and other supplies.

If at the Pan Am cruise terminal on Isla Grande, in nearby Miramar on Calle Ponce de Leon there is a Walgreens and a Pueblo supermarket ( at 670 ) where you can shop. If taking a taxi to the ship there, Ponce de Leon runs parallel to expressway ( # 26 ) that goes to Isla Grande from the Luis Munoz Marin airport ( SJU int. ). It is the main drag in Miramar, so the taxi driver will know where to find these stores there and it is not out of the way. You could easily stop and have the taxi wait while you stocked up at either. They are about two blocks apart and the Pueblo has the better selection of the above.

For liquor, there are duty free shops at all cruise terminals but use your carry on bags to transport onto ship. We had no problems doing so. This is what one employee in the duty free store at the Pan Am terminal was suggesting to people to do when asked about this. He said that ship's security only takes for storage and return at the end of the cruise, obvious liquor in duty free bags/boxes or store bags but not when in personal bags. I don't recall seeing beer at these duty free shops so would go to supermarket for this and Puerto Rico wines which are very inexpensive as they have excise tax advantages over the imports and mainland US products. We found the PR wines to be quite good although we are not wine connoisseurs

[sailorsbewe]

We are going to be on the Crown sailing out of San Juan on January 27th. (This Saturday). We would like to buy a few bottles of wine to bring aboard with us to enjoy during our cruise. Where is the best place to buy wine near the pier? Thanks!!! :)

 

We too are on the same sailing - did you check out the roll call?

We are boarding at the Old San Juan pier and will be purchasing our wine and things there. Putting it in our carry on as suggested and cruisin!