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Article: One Vintage Later: Free the Grapes! Toasts Improvement in Consumers Choice in Wine Following May 2005 U.S. Supreme Court Ruling.
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- May 11, 2006
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NAPA, Calif. -- On May 16, 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Granholm v. Heald to support direct wine shipments from wineries and retailers to consumers. The High Court ruled that states can regulate wine shipments but cannot discriminate by treating out-of-state wine commerce (i.e., wineries and retailers) differently than in-state wine commerce.
One year after the ruling, what has changed?
"The Supreme Court ruling was both a milestone in a long-term effort to create a national wine market, as well as the key catalyst for positive change for consumers," said Jeremy Benson, executive director of Free the Grapes!, a national grassroots coalition ...