Creative Commons licensed image from Flickr user Storm Crypt The Maryland Comptroller is hard at work holding hearings and meetings studying the effect that direct wine shipping will have on the shippers and retailers of Maryland. One of their goals is to draft a paper on issues surrounding direct wine shipping. A noble cause, indeed, [...]
As you may recall from this post on the Free State Wine Project, Adam Borden resigned as executive director of consumer advocacy group Marylanders for Better Beer and Wine Laws (MBBWL) back in March amid accusations of… “aggressive” tactics in support of a bill that would have allowed direct shipments of wine to Maryland consumers [...]
See what I did there in the headline? Wine, made from grapes… got crushed. Get it? Anyway. The backdoor slider that got Direct Wine Shipping onto the Winery Modernization Act got withdrawn on Tuesday. Daily Record Records: In the end, Zirkin acquiesced to those who asked him to withdraw his amendment – “I wish you [...]
Lost in all the crying in my Merlot over wine shipping has been the progress of another wine bill casually making its way through the Maryland House this spring. The Maryland Winery Modernization Act (HB-921) is the major legislative effort from the Maryland Wineries Association. Running a winery includes a lot more than just making [...]
Tom Wark over at Fermentation posted his summation of testifying in front of the Maryland Delegates on Friday. Good read, and Tom says a lot of things that I’m too chicken tactful to say here. The situation is downright glum. When all the yelling was done not getting started, the hearing ended, the committee chair [...]
What’s the problem? The issue at hand is that wine consumers in Maryland cannot order a bottle of wine from an out of state retailer and have it shipped to their house. This is because Maryland law dictates that alcohol retailing in Maryland flows through the Three Tier System: producer-distributor-retailer-(you) For more on the three [...]
The Baltimore Sun came through with a story today about Maryland Wine Shipping and the opponents that seek to sweep it under the rug and pretend that it isn’t an issue. The story focuses on senator Joan Carter Conway (D) and her thoughts on the bill; these are important because she is the chairwoman of [...]
Quick post to note that Maryland Direct Wine Shipping has had bills introduced into the Maryland House and Senate. House version HB-716 is here, with the Senate crossfile here. Read away, it’s largely the same stuff we’ve been posting for years. Do notice the sheer force of sponsors that the house bill commands. Delegates Krysiak, [...]
Let’s be frank here, when you’re shipping a bottle of wine, you’re really shipping a bunch of styrofoam and glass. Somewhere in there, buried underneath a double-digit shipping charge, is the wine. The computer industry calls this inefficient. The wine industry calls it the status quo. As we all know, it is nearly impossible to [...]
I got a lump of coal in my decanter this year. Vinfolio, my former employer and current wine retailer of choice, has stopped shipping wine to Virginia. Word is that previously un-enforcable tax laws and laws governing third-party shippers are suddenly getting lots of attention. Many retailers who wish to play by the rules are [...]
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