Archive for the ‘Shipping Legislation’ Category
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
From the Chicago Tribune—May 27, 2008
For some reason, the state legislature decided that Illinoisans should not be allowed to have wine shipped to them from Internet wine shops and out-of-state wine stores. On June 1, the law will strip Illinois wine lovers of the right to buy wine from out-of-state ...
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
HOW ILLINOIS WINE LOVERS GOT SCREWED
In October 2007, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich signed HB 429 into law. Taking effect June 1, 2008, the new law prohibited Illinois consumers from buying and having shipped to them wine from out-of-state wine merchants and on-line wine stores. The new law stripped consumers of ...
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
No one ever claimed the issues surrounding direct to consumer shipping were not complicated and often difficult to understand. Add politics to the mix and you often have mistaken understandings of the issues at hand as well as very problematic interpretations of what a direct shipping bill does for a ...
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
"All they care about is their own greed, about selling wine."
One must be struck by the extraordinary disregard some people have for their own integrity.
On Monday, the state of Maryland heard testimony in committee on HB 1260, a bill that would allow wineries and retailers both inside Maryland and ...
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Thursday, February 14th, 2008
Specialty Wine Retailers Association, wine merchants and many a wine lover had very high expectations for a very good piece of legislation that had been introduced in Washington State by Senator Brian Weinstein. SB 6384 would have created a permit issued by the the state of Washington to out-of-state retailers ...
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Friday, February 8th, 2008
Across the country a variety of states are currently considering direct shipping legislation that addresses retailer-to-consumer shipping. In most states the same issues tend to arise. Below are the most important issues that have been arising and the points that should be raised in each case
1. CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES CONCERNING DIRECT ...
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Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
Many readers of this blog will have already become familiar with the "Wine.com Episode" of recent weeks. How could you not be. Wine.com's concern with the legality of much shipping of wine into Washington and its subsequent in-house stings of various retailers followed up by their visit to the Washington ...
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Monday, December 17th, 2007
"The more we restrict trade, the less quality of services you get and the higher the price to the consumer, and it damages the economy."
State Senator Raymond Lesniak, NJ
The good Senator is correct. However it will be important to see just how correct he intends to be. New Jersey is ...
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Wednesday, November 7th, 2007
While most wine retailers that offer their stock on line explain what states they will ship to, few of them explain why they won't ship to certain states. And if they explain, it is usually cursory note that shipping wine is prohibited by law in X.
It would do the consumer ...
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Monday, October 29th, 2007
Late last week the Governor of Wisconsin vetoed amendments to the state's budget bill that would have, if signed and had become law, revoked Wisconsin wineries' ability to sell directly to wine retailers, bypassing the wholesaler and allowing the winery to make a little bit more on each sale of ...
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Thursday, October 25th, 2007
Let's try to dispel a myth. This myth is about efficiency.
Thanks to the new website created by the North Carolina Beer & Wine Wholesalers Association, the myth in question is spelled out nicely:
"The three tier distribution system also makes the most economic sense. It provides the best method for smaller ...
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Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
Is the three tier system bad? Does it need to go away? Is it the position of SWRA that it should be dismantled?
These are the questions that tend to arise in the course of a legislative battle over a direct shipping law in different states. They are questions that deserve ...
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Monday, October 22nd, 2007
After searching high and low for that bottle of Australian Chardonnay you tasted when last in Australia, you find it. A wine merchant located outside your state who has an eclectic taste in Chards lists it on their website. Hallelujah! Upon clicking a few times you are ready to order ...
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