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Article: Wine drinkers seek right to home delivery
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- Capital (Annapolis)
- Article date:
- February 22, 2009
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The menu may expand for area wine enthusiasts if a bill before
the General Assembly passes.
Under current law, which dates back to Prohibition, wine can
neither be shipped from outside the state, nor within it, to
Maryland homes.
So if a wine enthusiast wants to swirl a pinot noir from a small
vineyard in Napa Valley, for example - one that can't be found in
his neighborhood liquor store - he can't order a case online and
have it delivered to his doorstep. Instead, the law involves a three-
tiered model, using a state-licensed wholesaler as a middleman
between the retailer and the consumer.
Currently, residents would have to pick up their rare red or
white from a nearby liquor store, where ...