N.J. wine shipping bill close to becoming law
Governor Christie has said he’ll sign a direct shipping bill into law, and the state will become the 39th in the nation to allow wine to be delivered to consumers' doors.
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Wonderful article.
As for the way by which this issue doesn't put consumers first can be seen in the fact that while NJ consumers will be able to have wine shipped to them from NJ wineries and out of state wineries, they MAY not have wine shipped to them from out of state wine stores. This means that it will continue to be illegal for a NJ wine lover to have a bottle of French, Italian, German, New Zealand, Austrian, Spanish or any other non-domestic wine shipped to them...because.... More
My original thoughts were that the majority of people that were contacting their reps about this bill would have been wine consumers. If the reps took into consideration their constituents that were asking them to sign the bill, then consumers' opinions were taken into consideration.
However, when I would contact my reps, my first arguments for the bill were always environmental and agritourism related, not "I should be allowed to have any wine I want" because I believed the.... More
