Please indulge my ignorance here, but I thought that this group might have some wisdom to impart:

A not-for-profit that I work with recently auctioned off a very expensive bottle of whiskey, and of course, the winner is in NJ, not CA. How does one ship, legally and safely, such an item across the country? Does it require any special licensing or using a special carrier, or can one simply send it by a common carrier with a crapload of packing for physical security and a bunch of insurance to cover any potential loss?

I don't even drink any more, and never did drink anything that cost more than a buck a gulp, so I just don't know much about this kind of thing. (I don't have to explain why I thought you lot might, do I?).

Thanks in advance (let the cracks start cracklin'!),

Mike Armstrong