"markw" > wrote in message
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>
> Peter Aitken wrote:
>> The Supreme Court has struck down laws that prohibit shipments from
> out of
>> state wineries.
>>
>> http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/05/16/sc....ap/index.html
>>
>> --
>> Peter Aitken
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>
> This may or may not be good news, depending on future actions by your
> local state legislature. The way I read this, what this ruling says is
> that a state may not discriminate by allowing intrastate shipments
> while barring interstate ones. There would be two ways of complying:
> by allowing shipments from out-of-state (the good news everybody seems
> to be assuming) or by banning all wine shipments including from within
> the state (not-so-good news).
>
> - Mark W.
>

Given the political muscle of in-state wineries I think (hope) that the
latter eventuality will not come to pass. Unfortunately it does not, AFAIK,
apply to shipments from out of state distributors which are, at least here
in NC, the only way to get many unusual wines from overseas.


--
Peter Aitken
Visit my recipe and kitchen myths page at www.pgacon.com/cooking.htm