In honor of my favorite holiday, the Kentucky Derby, which runs this Saturday, it is officially Kentucky week here at My Wine Education. Yay! I want to start by clearing up some misconceptions. Kentucky is not a bunch of people with bad accents running around in Daisy Dukes and marrying ... . Admittedly, when I first moved across the river to Kentucky, I was a little embarrassed. Heck, where we live...

... a provision in a Kentucky state law that required face-to-face wine purchases before the product can be shipped directly. QUICK REVIEW. Simpson ruled in August 2006 that portions of Kentucky’s existing law ... directly to Kentucky residents, even if the consumer purchases the wine online or over the phone. That means people in Kentucky can legally order wine from California and have it shipped without ever...

plans to propose legislation during the next session of the General Assembly to allow grocery and c-stores sell wine, according to local reports. State law currently prohibits stores that derive a substantial part of their sales from groceries or gasoline from obtaining a license to sell wine or distilled spirits. ...

Let me be honest. The wine shipping laws in Kentucky are convoluted and confusing. I'll ... can me in the last year based on my state. Also, small wineries in Kentucky (and all wineries in Kentucky are small) can now happily ship to both in-state and out-of-state consumers. There's a catch ... of wine annually. Any more than that and it's a no go for everyone. Now, apparently Kentucky...

Kentucky recently posted instructions for obtaining a Kentucky out-of-state small farm winery ... in the legal section of the Kentucky State Journal newspaper located at 1216 Wilkinson Blvd. Frankfort, Ky ... a certified check, cashier check, or money order payable to Kentucky State Treasurer: Licenses issued ... five (5) years. If you have not lived in Kentucky for five (5) years, you must obtain a statewide...

The headline said, “State drops out of wine suit: Small operators can ship directly ,” but the reported change in direct shipment rights occurred in December of last year. What’s new is that the state has abandoned its appeal, leaving the wholesaler trade association to continue alone in attempting to ...

The state of Kentucky will likely learn next week whether a new law limiting direct wine shipping ... that portions of Kentucky’s existing law were unconstitutional under Granholm, which required face ... as written. If Judge Simpson rules that Kentucky's new law can't be enforced, than wineries across the county could start taking internet and telephone orders from Kentucky residents almost immediately...

Kentucky wholesalers are attempting to bar two Kendall-Jackson wineries from obtaining a license ... cap. Kentucky law only allows farm wineries that produce no more than 50,000 gallons a year to fill ... . Although their wines are reportedly sold in Kentucky retail stores via wholesalers, the wineries ... both wineries are listed as subsidiaries of Jackson Family Farms. Currently, Kentucky’s law does...

Kentucky State has filed a suit in the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals to reinstate a provision requiring customers to make face-to-face wine purchases. Last month U.S. District Judge Charles Simpson struck down a law he deemed unconstitutional under Granholm, which had prevented consumers from order wine over the phone and online by requiring consumers to buy the wine in person at a winery...