There was an article published by the Washington Post today entitled Why is it becoming harder to buy wine online? It details the legal issues that have frequently arisen in class. While wineries can ship to 40+ states, retailers can only ship to ~13.
The article explains that recently, states have started to crack down on retailers attempting interstate shipments. Fedex is telling retailers they won't accept wine shipments going to certain states.
The National Association of Wine Retailers is fighting back. They're lobbying, getting legislation introduced in four states, and have set up a website, winefreedom.org, which has generated over 1K messages to Massachusetts lawmakers in favor of a bill.
Do you think this push by retailers will be successful?
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