Article: More states make mailing alcohol a felony

WASHINGTON -- Glen Parker waited three years on a winery mailing list before he got a rare bottle of Napa Valley chardonnay shipped to his Florida home. His wait for the next bottle could be longer.

Florida is the latest state to make the direct shipment of alcohol -- a $1 billion business nationwide -- a felony.

Parker calls it "rather silly for a state that is the principal conduit through which cocaine and other drugs are imported into our country. You'd think they'd have better things to do with their law enforcement," says the Boca Raton magazine publisher. Vintage wineries and beer-of-the-month clubs, in fact, argue the felony laws do nothing but protect powerful wholesalers worried ...

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