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Article: Wine Direct Shipping: Texas Consumers Gear Up to Fight for Choice in Fine Wine.
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- February 5, 2001
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NAPA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 5, 2001
The following statement is from Jeremy Benson, executive director of Free the Grapes!, a coalition of 230,000 consumers and associations representing more than 1,000 wineries working for consumer choice in fine wine:
"Interstate wine direct shipping is set to be one of the hot issues in the 2001 state legislative session in Texas. Currently in Texas interstate wine direct shipping is illegal. This means that a Texan who would like to send wine home from a trip or even purchase a favorite rare wine from an Internet site, is prohibited from doing so by state law. The ...