Archive for the ‘Shipping Wine’ Category
Eric Asimov regularly reminds us why his 2004 ascension to “Chief Wine Critic” at the New York Times was a good idea. The reminder almost always comes in the form of the enthusiasm that is exhibited in his writing on wine. But just as important, Asimov possesses an almost intuitive sense for what is the right question to ask. This important aspect of Asimov’s approach to wine reporting was on display today when the headline over his weekly column read:…
Last week ShipCompliant and Wines & Vines released their annual report on Winery-to-Consumer shipments for 2013 and in it was a pretty remarkable comparison: • Winery Shipping increased 9.3% by volume over 2012• The traditional wine retail sector increased 1.3% by volume in 2013 (according to Nielsen). 9.3% increase vs 1.3% increase!! Some of this remarkable spread surely has to do with new states legalizing direct shipments in recent years. This leaves considerable room for increase that you don’t see…
As far as I can tell, Wine & Spirits Daily is the only publication to take notice of the fact that the multi-state wholesaler Southern Wine & Spirits has chosen not to appeal a decision in the 8th Circuit Court of appeals that went against them. In that decision, the Court ruled against Southern, which claimed that Missouri’s restrictive residency requirements for wholesalers violated the Dormant Commerce Clause. Notably, Southern relied on the important 2005 Granholm V. Heald Supreme Court…
In 2010, important portions of the Massachusetts direct wine shipping law were ruled unconstitutional by the First Circuit Court of Appeals. This ruling along with various unworkable provision in the original law made the remaining portion of the wine shipping regulation unworkable. Massachusetts wine consumers had been left in the cold. The first attempt to fix the faulty law failed when the bill meant to achieve this goal never got out of committee. Yesterday, in the Massachusetts Statehouse, a new…
“We plant vines. We build wineries. We build brands. We hire crews to pick grapes. We we hire winemakers and cellar assistants to make wine. We open tasting rooms and build mailing lists. We staff our tasting rooms. But we are not going to take the final step to hire someone or some service to fulfill our consumers’ orders? This is by far the craziest, most confused, dumbest, article ever written about the shipment of wine.” It’s hard not to…
