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   jeff, May 16th, 2005 @ 5:12pm

   
   

   Actually, the ruling doesn't mean anything. Michigan has already indicated that they will simply ban ALL wine mailing including intrastate.

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   Direct Wine Shipments

   

   Tom, May 16th, 2005 @ 5:57pm

   
   

   The case is not so simple. Wineries everywhere cannot now start shipping. The ruling held only that it is unconstitutional for a state to allow it's own wineries to ship to its residents while disallowing out of state wineries to ship to their residents.
   
   States must now decide if they will allow all wine shipments or none at all. In other words, the issue goes back to the state legislators. This is bad news if you are a wine lover.
   
   The Wholesalers, led by the Wine & Spirt Wholesalers Association, have spent millions of dollars tryng to convince legislators that buyng wine online will lead to a nation of drunk minors. This ridiculous argument alone is probably not enough to convince legislators to enact anti direct shipping legislation. However the hundreds of campaign contributions given out by the wholesalers may be.

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   jeff, May 17th, 2005 @ 3:54pm

   
   

   I agree. Most teenagers do not want to drink at bars and keg parties; they would rather order a Chateau de Paraza 2002 from wine.com.

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   Ed, May 18th, 2005 @ 3:52am

   
   

   Current mail-order wine sales may not attract many teenagers buying bottles of Opus One, but if all the legal roadblocks are removed, some less-than-scrupulous entrepreneur might start up a business with lax age verification procedures that ships Mad Dog and Thunderbird.

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   Anonymous Coward, May 18th, 2005 @ 6:48am

   
   

   I do not know if Michigan has a local wine industry, but if they do not, then a law banning all direct wine deliveries would probably still be held unconstitutional. Just because a la is facially neutral doesn't mean it will pass muster.

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   Elric, Jun 13th, 2006 @ 8:56pm

   
   

   Age verification is made by UPS at delivery so it doesn't really matter if age is verified online since the driver isn't going to deliver it to you if you are under age.

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