Thursday, June 02, 2005

(One of) Newton's Law in full effect

I know everybody was running around like giddy little schoolgirls after the Supreme Court decision a couple of weeks back but it's time for a reality check.

Illinois might restrict all wine shipments in response to ruling

That's right. Exactly what I expected to happen and there will be many more cases of this to be sure.
The state's powerful alcohol-distribution lobbies on Tuesday began hinting that Illinois should consider banning all direct-shipment wine orders -- including shipments from in-state wineries -- rather than allow unrestricted wine from all over the country to flow to Illinois mailboxes.
Remember, for every action, there is an equal and opposite re-action. Oh yeah, there's one more:
"This could open Illinois wines to a lot of other states," said state Sen. David Luechtefeld, R-Okawville, whose Southern Illinois region is in the epicenter of the state's fledgling wine industry.
I know I'm going to sound like a total jerk on this one but that's never stopped me before.
Dear Sen. Luechtefeld: Nobody cares about the 'great' wines of Illinois. Truth be told, most people probably don't even know where it is, much less are they aware that you make something called 'wine'. Best of luck, you're gonna need it.

1 Comments:

Steve-o said...

While I don't really expect it to raise the profile of Illinios wines in any substantial way, a good friend of mine's parents are writing a book on Illinios wines. And they live in New York...

So I guess at least someone cares about the 'great' wines of Illinois.

10:02 AM  

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