Archive for the ‘Shipping Wine’ Category
It appears that the alcohol distributors in North Carolina along with their national umbrella organization the Wine & Spirit Wholesalers Association are very proud of themselves for having printed up stickers discouraging minors from drinking. So proud of this sticker printing project that they issued a press release congratulating themselves on their sticker printing prowess. One small quote in the press release by Bill Kennedy, president of Mutual Distributing of Raleigh, reminded me of an idea I’ve ruminated on for…
I admit to being entirely curfuddled (sp?) by what we’ve come to call the "healthcare crisis" here in America. Basically, all I know is that I’m probably going to die because I don’t have healthcare coverage that will pay to have my head removed from my ass or pay to have the correct procedure administered when I need to be treated for Emuthropopolititus – aliabosisalia…or something like that. But, folks are working on the problem. Those folks are usually presidential…
Yes, this editorial is a little late, but it is still on the mark. Last week Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich signed HB 429 into law. It takes effect on June 1, 2008. You remember this law. It’s the one that many have come to call "The Wine Distributor Protection Act of 2007". It’s also the law that the codifies the idea that wine Illinoisans obtain from out-of-state retailers is down right dangerous and must be prohibited from coming into the…
Just how much do America’s alcohol distributors pay to keep their stranglehold over legislatures across the country where anti-consumer and anti-shipping legislation that only benefits distributors is passed on a regular basis? According to data collected by Specialty Wine Retailers Association using FollowTheMoney.org, alcohol distributors have given more than $45 million to state politicians across the country since the year 2000. Interestingly, more than half of that amount was contributed by alcohol distributors in just five states: TEXASHow Much: More…
Yesterday a law went into effect in the state of Ohio that is not only begging to be overturned but is exactly as Jim Gorden describes it: "To me it just sounds like pure political muscle. People in the wine business in Ohio have restricted the free market, have limited Ohio consumers’ access to wonderful wines from out of state, and have, as I see it, legislated themselves more profits." The new law only allows wineries making less than 60,000…
