Time To Import Wine Into Maryland
Thanks to the head's-up from Maryland blogger HoCo Rising.
As I have stated before, Maryland has a ban in importing wine from out
of state via the Internet or mail-order catalog. If you go to http://winewoot.com,
you can order all kinds of great wines from across the country. But you
can't send them to Maryland because it is against the law.
You
see, our Maryland elected officials think that they are protecting our
children by banning the importation of wine. Because if Maryland
children could order wine over the Internet, they'd be buying that
Verge Dry Creek Valley Syrah for $49.99 + $5 shipping. And
we know that children certainly don't have easier ways to purchase
alcohol - like older siblings or hanging outside of the 7-11 waiting
for some guy to buy you a case of Coors Lite with a twenty.
However,
that's only part of the problem. On the other side of that there is the
liquor lobby that is funneling campaign contributions into the coffers
of our elected officials in order to keep them from voting in favor of
removing the ban. And as HoCo Rising pointed out in this post, someone challenged The Sun to produce a campaign donation list from the liquor lobby.
Now we have a list of legislators that have not cosponsored the bill,
which can generally interpreted that they are opposed to it, though not
necessarily. If any of your elected representatives are on this list
and you agree that we should be allowed to import wine into Maryland,
then please contact them! We need to end this stupid ban.
Posted by
Eludius
at
10:05 PM
Wineries with Permits
Wineries Able to Ship to MD
Here is a link to the Comptroller's website. Search for "DW-Direct Wine Shippers Permit" under permit type.
Search for wineries
