Helloooo Vinotrippers! Ah, the holidays. A time for some rest and relaxation. Nothing important going on. Just spend some time on the couch with a good… wait, what’s that? All sorts of news about the Comptroller’s final report on direct wine shipping? Yes, that’s right. In case you somehow missed the coverage already in the [...]
Leaders in the Maryland Legislature, via a Baltimore Sun article by Annie Linskey, just gave wine lovers in the state an extra reason to give thanks this holiday season with some positive news regarding the possibility of passing the direct wine shipping bill in 2011. Read the full article in today’s paper or click on [...]
It’s election season in Maryland (I highly recommend early voting – no lines!) and that means it’s time to re-elect all of our state legislators. Will your vote be influenced by the direct wine shipping legislation? If you live in Senator Conway’s district, you should strongly consider it given her pocket veto of the consumer-friendly [...]
The Comptroller of Maryland has released a survey for you, the good citizens of Maryland, to voice your thoughts on Direct Honkin’ Wine Shipping to Maryland residents. Your answers will be compiled by the Comptroller’s office into a report on shipping (the redundancy of which has already been addressed). Survey can be found here. Go [...]
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 The backdoor slider that got Direct Wine Shipping onto the Winery Modernization Act got withdrawn on Tuesday.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 [...]
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