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Aggggh! PA stinks!

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OK. Everyone who lives in Pennsylvania knows that its liquor laws are... well... not terribly progressive. well, it's just gotten more interesting: since out-of-state wineries can't ship direct, a recent Supreme Court ruling means that in-state wineries can't, either. Here's hoping that the in-state wineries have enough clout to open the market to all wineries...

Pennsylvania wineries have lost -- at least temporarily -- their right to ship wine directly to consumers and restaurants in the state.

The restriction is fallout from a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in May that said states may not permit in-state wineries to ship directly to consumers while prohibiting out-of-state wineries from doing so -- as is the case in Pennsylvania.

The state Liquor Control Board said in a recently issued advisory that Pennsylvania's 100 wineries must ship through state-run stores until the Legislature can bring state law into compliance with the Supreme Court decision.

The change goes into effect Nov. 1. It does not prevent Pennsylvania wineries from selling directly to consumers at their stores.


The Liquor Control Board restricted shipments based on advice from the Pennsylvania attorney general's office. The attorney general acknowledged in a court filing Monday that it is unconstitutional to allow in-state wineries, but not out-of-state wineries, to ship directly.
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I know it doesn't help, but NC, and now it looks like MI are going the same way. It sucks.

You *can* make a difference, though. Write your congresscritter, and tell them what you think. Write your representative. Join http://www.freethegrapes.org and help fight the state-sponsored liquor commissions that keep us from being able to order the wines/beers/liquors of our choice. Soon, the IMA (http://www.meadfest.org) will be joining the fight, lobbying the federal government to help force states to drop

This doesn't rank up there with say freedom of speech, but it is nevertheless a state-sponsored and federally-assisted limitation that is unnecessary, and completely fueled by profit interests at the state level.

If we don't speak up, no one will, and the liquor commissions win.
 
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