You know that whole battle between distributors of wine and wineries? That one that has the wineries wanting to be able to ship and sell their wine direct to customers while the distributors don't want any direct sales to happen...

Juanita Duggan, the soon to be former President of the Wine Spirit Wholesalers Association, is leaving her post with a party shot: A new survey, commissioned by her group of anti-consumer wholesalers, that suggests fully 2% of 14 to 20...

Reading through a news article describing the two State and Federal court battles over direct shipping of wine to consumers in Arkansas, I cam across a statement that gave me pause: U. S. District Judge Wright has ruled that Arkansas...

There are some interesting takes in the Blogosphere over today's announcement from the Wine Spirit Wholesalers of America that a survey shows the world is about to end because 2% of those answering said survey announced they had bought wine...

The enforcement and interpretation of various state laws for Direct-to-Consumer wine shipments continue to evolve. Following are three recent updates that wineries should be aware of. Connecticut ... in addition to shipping direct-to-consumers. Georgia: Wineries shipping direct-to-consumers ... the state. The Special Order Direct Shipping License in GA does not trigger a sales tax requirement...

In a number of states wine wholesalers have attacked direct shipment of wine to consumers by advocating that all direct sales should occur only after a person actually visits the winery in person. On it's face this requirement, adopted most...

There are those of you out there who follow the wrangling, legal and otherwise, in the battle across the country over direct shipment of wine to consumers. The legal issues are pretty arcane. But for those who do take...

There are more states today than a year ago and two years ago that allow wineries to ship wine direct to consumers. Some provide easy access to consumers without too much effort, while others have installed real barriers...

YOU CAN'T This was the response to the question, Could one say, as the liquor trade group did, that millions of teenagers had bought alcohol on-line? Now here's the kicker. Guess who offered this response. Michael Wood, a vice president...

I wish I was a lawyer sometimes because I'll often read something concerning a lawsuit and just not understand the intent of it. Take a recently filed suit in Oklahoma. In 2000 OK voters approved a new law that allowed...