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In an age where goods are bought and sold in an instant, delivered overnight, and tracked with momentary precision, can many of the archaic regulations that overwhelm the state alcohol distribution systems and serve foremost to stifle consumer access to goods, really be considered “legitimate”. The foundation of the arcane and archaic regulations that infect the alcohol industry can be traced back to the second section of the 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: “The transportation or importation into any…
A new version of H.R. 5034, the bill alcohol wholesalers are using to try to protect their monopoly on alcohol distribution, has been re-written by wholesalers and dutifully introduced by its sponsor, Rep. Bill Delahunt. The new version of H.R. 5034 is a direct attack on America's wine stores and wine merchants. If this version of H.R. 5034 is passed it will allow states to legally discriminate against out-of-state wine merchants in numerable ways. It must be opposed. The new…
On September 3rd an important court ruling emerged out of a Federal Court in Illinois in the Case of Anheuser Busch v. Schnorf (Download Illinois ruling). The ruling reiterated a holding implied in the Granholm v. Heald Supreme Court case and made explicit in the Costco v. Hoen case: States may not bar out-of-state alcohol producers from selling directly to retailers and restaurants if the same states allows its resident producers to sell to in-state retailers and restaurants. The case…
The upcoming November 2nd election is among the most important for the American wine industry in a very long time. Two issues should be watched closely by the wine, beer and spirits industry: 1) the outcome of the race for control of the House of Representatives and 2) the outcome of Initiative 1100 in Washington State. CONTROL OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES & H.R. 5034Despite the 137 Co-sponsors of the Wholesaler Protection Bill known as H.R. 5034, the beer and…
