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Article: New Jersey law would ban direct shipments of beer or wine.
- Article from:
- Modern Brewery Age
- Article date:
- March 29, 1999
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Associated Press - A bill introduced in New Jersey would ban out-of-state deliveries of alcohol to customers' doorstep. Advocates of the measure, including New Jersey liquor wholesalers and retailers, say allowing people to order beer or wine over the Internet and then have it shipped directly to their home encourages underage drinking. It also cheats the state out of sales taxes.
But owners of vintage wineries and beer-of-the-month clubs, which typically sell their products by mail, say the real worry behind the legislation is that their sales bite into the profits of wholesalers and local liquor stores.
They argue that these laws, which are being ...