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TRANSPORTATION & DELIVERY

Vinselekt Michlovský, Rakvice, CZ

up websites for online ordering to many States place right now are remnants of the post-pro-
within the U.S. These fulfillment companies hibition era. The 21st Amendment to the U.S.
can handle the logistics of shipping wine for Constitution passed by Congress in February
monthly/quarterly wine club shipments along 1933, repealed Prohibition, which was esta-
with all wine orders requiring shipping. blished by the 18th Amendment. The 21st
Sounds like a great solution, right? But one Amendment also established the right for sta-
State is looking to ban these types of companies tes to create laws governing the sale, posse-
from shipping direct to the consumer’s home ssion, and delivery of alcohol. During the wake
within their borders. Tennessee has a Bill go- of Prohibition, not all states, or even counties
ing through Legislature right now that would within a state, immediately allowed alcohol
ban fulfillment houses from shipping to con- consumption and sale. This led to a very diver-
sumers’ houses on-behalf of individual wi- se terrain of laws that could change drastically
neries. Why all the rules? Many of the laws in just a mile away across the county line.
Shipping wine or any other alcohol from
a winery to a consumer within the U.S. is
a complicated process with Federal and
State laws that vary drastically within the
50 states. This is an area that is governed
by politics and tax collections. And it is
an area that needs to be improved in the
coming years to make it easier for all bu-
sinesses to thrive in a hopefully growing
wine industry. ƅ

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