... next spring. The extra layer of distribution also hampers marketing efforts to introduce wines...

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. A Johnson City wine enthusiast has filed suit against the state law that bars direct shipment of wine. Rick Jelovsek filed his lawsuit in federal District Court in Greeneville. The S.L. Thomas Family Winery also moved its lawsuit from federal court in Nashville to Greeneville to be joined ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — A fear that Oklahoma wine shipping and distribution laws will continue to stifle growth is fermenting amongst winemakers in the state. David Martin, owner of Deer Creek Vineyard near ... distribution in the state has caused many shippers to no longer ship Oklahoma wine at all, even ... that a 2000 distribution law is unconstitutional. The law, prior to 2000, said that all wine manufacturers...

... level. Those above 30,000 gallons must give up their distribution relationships for 6 months in order...

Source: The Courier-Journal   By Robert Schoenberger rschoenberger@courier-journal.com The Courier-Journal Kentucky is appealing a federal court decision allowing small wineries in and out of the state to ship to Kentucky customers who order over the telephone from catalogs or from the Internet. Last month, U.S. District Judge Charles Simpson of ...

Source: The Montana Standard There’s a new group forming that hopes to change the laws that govern the state liquor license quota system. Specifically, the group would like to eliminate the current quota method of allocating certain liquor licenses. Good luck with that. Gov. Brian Schweitzer addressed the Montana Tavern ...

Source: The Taunton Gazette Chiefs object to wine ballot question By SABRINA SHANKMAN Staff Writer Police chiefs from Raynham, Rehoboth and Somerset said Monday that they oppose a ballot question that asks voters to OK the sale of wine at gas stations, grocery stores and convenience stores. “It’s very simple,” ...

Source: The Daily Item LYNN - In wine shops throughout the region, posters are popping up that show a police officer in uniform with a message beneath that says selling wine in supermarkets is a bad idea. The impetus behind that media campaign can be traced to a coalition of ...

Source: Arizona Business Gazette Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services Sept. 14, 2006 12:00 AM Although state legislators re-wrote the law dealing with interstate wine shipping to comply with federal mandates, the new measure that takes effect later this month is going to be challenged in court almost immediately. Attorney James ...

Source: Arizona Daily Star By Howard Fischer CAPITOL MEDIA SERVICES PHOENIX — A new law on interstate shipment of wine is going to be challenged in court shortly after it takes effect Thursday. James Tanford, an attorney for some Arizona wine lovers and an out-of-state winery, acknowledged that legislators recrafted ...