Numerous sources are reporting, as part of a plan to help the United States Postal Service start earning money instead of hemorrhaging it, an initiative to let the Postal Service ship alcohol, as opposed to just letting FedEx and UPS do it. (Note: only licensed industry folks can ship alcohol through FedEx and UPS; as a [...]
For two months now, Maryland has had the privilege of direct shipping from wineries. I’ve been hearing a lot around the web about ways to get wine now. You like lots of choices, right? Richard Gorelick of the Baltimore Sun wrote at the beginning of August about Lot18 starting to ship to Marylanders. Save that [...]
… get out of the kitchen. Or drink some chilled white wine. Anecdotally, I can tell you it’s what many folks are drinking as this summer shatters heat records across the country. Matt and I have Keswick Vineyards Viognier (VA) in the fridge right now. Friends served Basignani’s Elena the other evening. Then again, we [...]
The Maryland General Assembly wrapped up the 2011 session late Monday night with mixed blessings for wine lovers across the state. Although we finally got a direct shipping law passed (albeit somewhat watered down with retailers left in the cold), we also got a significant bump in the taxes levied on alcoholic beverages. The governor [...]
Marylnd Senate Bill 248 passed last Friday (now on the way to The Gov’s desk) and it is a major step towards allowing Marylanders to have wine shipped to them from out of state. Now, I’m going to whine a bit in this post but I want to preface it by restating what I said [...]
Maryland Senate Bill 248 has passed will be on its way to Governor Martin O’Malley’s desk in due time. The bill, as passed, is a comical farce of how special interests (the distributors) can weasel in and destroy something that has every indication of passing on its own. But enough of that mopey-ness! There will [...]
Looks like tomorrow is the big day. After years of “almost theres” and “maybe soons”, the full Maryland House of Delegates and Senate are set to vote on a piece of legislation that would allow direct shipments of wine to consumers on Friday, March 25. Some wines, that is. The house and senate bills cleared [...]
On 3/4 both the house and senate committees responsible for alcoholic beverage legislation will examine the direct wine shipping bill. Click here to look up and contact your elected officials about this issue now > While you’ve heard in the media that some form of direct shipping is likely to pass this year, the respective [...]
A press release landed at Vinotrip HQ this week: BROAD COALITION SUPPORTS HB234 / SB248 TO ALLOW DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER SHIPMENT OF WINE Yeah! Bolded! Take that! As I told Matt Kircher, I’m tired of hearing myself talk about this. Matt will post about it, and you, dear readers, are more than welcome to sound off in [...]
Maryland HB234 and SB248 were introduced to the 2011 legislative session today by Delegate Jolene Ivey and Senator Jamie Raskin, respectively. The companion bills, if passed, would finally clear the way for the creation of a direct wine seller’s permit, issued by the state comptroller’s office. A quick click through on either bill reveals a [...]
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