Archive for the ‘Wine Legal Battles’ Category
An article in the New Jersey Jewish News highlights why Retailer-To-Consumer shipping is every bit as important to consumer wine access as is Winery-To-Consumer shipping. The New Jersey Legislature is currently considering legislation that would allow in-state and out-of-state wineries as well as out-of-state retailers to ship wine into the Garden State. Among the arguments being made on behalf of the legislation is that it's difficult for Jews to get their hands on kosher wines other than Manischewitz and direct…
The European Community wants to ban the sale of U.S. wines that carry on their label the terms "Clos", "Chateau", "Vintage", "Vintage Character", and "Classic", among others. If you ever wanted really good, solid evidence that the European culture was speeding toward insignificance, this trade position just might be it. There was a time when the Europeans were in the business of imperialism and colonizing. And they were damn good at it too. Sure, they tended to point their colonial…
No, not that kind of scum. This kind of scum:"FRENCH WINE TERRORISTS ATTACK MERCHANTS SELLING FOREIGN PRODUCE" The most telling part of this article on the children that call themselves CRAV is this: " While nobody will own up to being a CRAV member, it is not hard to find sympathizers." It used to be that disobedient civilians understood that the very nature of Civil Disobedience entailed paying the consequences fo your actions. Remember Martin Luther King, the civil rights…
Illinoisans have the opportunity to have returned to them the right to purchase and have shipped to them wine from out-of-state wine stores, auction houses and non-winery wine clubs. HB 2462, introduced by Rep. Julie Hamos, would return to them that right that was stripped from them in 2007. As background to this bill, here is a run down of what HB 2462… WILL AND WILL NOT DO IT WILL RESTORE ILLINOIS CONSUMERS’ ACCESS TO ALL WINESIn 2007, via HB…
It looks as though the French wine industry and common sense dodged a barrel, according to Decanter The French National Assembly passed a healthcare law that DID NOT include a ban on alcohol advertising on the Internet and DID NOT ban promotional wine tastings at Chateaux, wine festivals and promotional events. On the other hand, 16 and 17 year olds may no longer buy alcohol. France is in the midst of what we would call in the United States a…
