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Sun, Dec 05 2004
Should States Have The Last Say on Interstate Wine Sales?
Dan Gillmor zeroed in on an issue coming up for the U.S. Supreme Court. Living in California where there are many wineries, I have known folks who circumvent the whole issue by passing cases of wine through a series of exchanges complicated enough to rival the moves in illegal drug trafficking. I've even seen a few strangers at wineries and tasting rooms hooking up to help one another by having cases of wine shipped to a place where it could be picked up just over a state line. I suspect, with the dawning of the internet and the ease with which one can find like-minded shoppers, that there are groups who do this sort of thing on a regular basis. I doubt anyone will really be able to stop such a cooperative effort, no matter what the wholesalers, or the U.S. Supreme Court, might say or do.
posted at: 09:45 | category: /Politics | link to this entry
Dan Gillmor zeroed in on an issue coming up for the U.S. Supreme Court. Living in California where there are many wineries, I have known folks who circumvent the whole issue by passing cases of wine through a series of exchanges complicated enough to rival the moves in illegal drug trafficking. I've even seen a few strangers at wineries and tasting rooms hooking up to help one another by having cases of wine shipped to a place where it could be picked up just over a state line. I suspect, with the dawning of the internet and the ease with which one can find like-minded shoppers, that there are groups who do this sort of thing on a regular basis. I doubt anyone will really be able to stop such a cooperative effort, no matter what the wholesalers, or the U.S. Supreme Court, might say or do.
posted at: 09:45 | category: /Politics | link to this entry
