Print and Broadcast

• March 8, 2010
  • Legislators thwart direct wine sales -- again, a letter to the editor of The Baltimore Sun
• March 6, 2010
  • Wine shipping bill is all bottled up in The Baltimore Sun
• March 4, 2010
  • Wine bill hearing set for today in The Carroll County Times
• March 3, 2010
  • Wine shipping entrepreneurial opportunity in The Cumberland Times-News
• February 28, 2010
  • Group Wants Md. To Start Selling Wine Online on WJZ.com
• February 24, 2010
  • Wine proposal fails to gain support from lawmakers in The Frederick News Post
• February 22, 2010
  • 2010 Senate Hearing Information
• February 21, 2010
  • 2010 House Hearing Information
  • Sample Consumer Testimony
    
  • Direct Wine Shipping Benefits
    
• February 19, 2010
  • Wine bill stuck in committee in The Carroll County Times
• February 18, 2010
  • Merchants are upset over death of wine shipping bill in The Frederick News Post
• February 9, 2010
  • Grapes of wrath in The Baltimore Sun
• February 8, 2010
  • Senator To Block Wine Shipment Bill on WBAL Radio
  • Conway rules out end to wine-shipment ban in The Baltimore Sun
    • A reader's response entitled Conway's opposition to wine bill is infuriating
    • Another reader's response entitled Special interests kill direct shipment of wine -- again
• February 5, 2010
  • Our Say: Maryland's ban on shipping wine overdue for repeal in Hometown Annapolis
• February 3, 2010
  • Lawmakers Push for Direct Wine Shipping on abc2news.com
• January 31, 2010
  • Shipping laws leave much to whine about in The Carroll County Times
  • Pros and cons of wine shipping in The Carroll County Times
  • Wineries push to 'modernize' image in The Carroll County Times
    
• January 28, 2010
  • Supporters pore over winery laws in the Prince George's Gazette
    
• January 20, 2010
  • A lose-lose situation in The Washington Post
  • Why Maryland consumers can't buy wine online in The Washington Post
  • County delegation critical to legalize wine shipping in The Sentinel Newspapers
    
• January 16, 2010
  • Irate constituency vs. determined lobby, a letter to the editor of The Frederick News Post
    
• January 13, 2010
  • Budget, Wine, Unemployment, Sex Offenders Part Of Legislative Agenda on WBAL Radio
• January 11, 2010
  • More Than Budget Is On Legislators' Agendas in the Annapolis Gazette
• December 30, 2009
  • WTOP covered wine shipping during the upcoming General Assembly session with Executive Director, Adam Borden: WTOP Link #1; WTOP Link #2
    
• December 24, 2009
  • Maryland's Liquor Lobby & The Politics of Obstruction, a Washington Post editorial
    • Craig Wolf, President and Chief Executive of the Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America, wrote a letter entitled Choice for Maryland Drinkers in response to the editorial
    • Marylanders respond to Craig Wolf's letter with their own letter entitled Lift the Maryland Ban on Shipping Wine
      
• December 4, 2009
  • Midday News Review Dan Rodricks, host of Midday; Sunni Khalid, managing editor of the WYPR News Department; and Laura Smitherman, State House reporter for the Baltimore Sun discuss pressing issues that will be heard during the 2010 Session - hear the segment on direct wine shipping.
• December 2, 2009 
  • Miller, Busch give hints of General Assembly session at Annapolis chat in The Baltimore Sun
    
• November 27, 2009
  • Wine lovers, vintners ready to take on General Assembly in The Baltimore Sun
  • The Baltimore Sun Article “Wine lovers, vintners ready to take on General Assembly” by Laura Smitherman was picked up by the Associated Press and reported by numerous newspapers, radio and TV stations including The Washington Post, The Frederick Post, The Annapolis 10, The Chicago Tribune, The San Francisco Examiner, NBC Washington News, Fox 45 WBFF Baltimore, ABC News Channel 8 VA & MD, WBAL Radio, WTOP
• November 8, 2009
  • Growing state wine industry targets uneven alcohol laws, a Hometown Annapolis article posted on Gazette.net
• October 12, 2009
  • Direct Wine Shipping for Maryland?, a Wines and Vines article
• September 20, 2009
  • A new path to state's vineyards in The Baltimore Sun
• September 16, 2009
  • Area Resident Sets up Wine, Nonprofit Cooperative in the Bethesda Gazette
• September 15, 2009
  • Executive Director Adam Borden was on WYPR's Midday with Dan Rodricks discussing the legalization of direct wine shipping. Listen to the Segment.
• September 7, 2009
  • Bottled Up in the Baltimore Sun
• September 2, 2009
  • Why Shipping from a Winery Shouldn't Be a Felony in Edible Chesapeake
• March 4, 2009
  • Executive Director Adam Borden was just on WAMU's Kojo Nnamdi show discussing alcohol policies with George Griffin, Director of the Montgomery County Department of Liquor Control and President of the National Alcohol Beverage Control Association. Listen to the Segment.
• February 27, 2009
  • Wooing them with wine in the Baltimore Business Journal
• February 22, 2009
  • Wine drinkers seek right to home delivery in the Annapolis Capitol
  • Eric Hartley: Let's drink - and cut out the middleman in the Annapolis Capitol
• February 13, 2009
  • Breaking down barriers for wine lovers editorial in the Baltimore Business Journal
• February 6, 2009
  • Wine consumers seek open borders in the Baltimore Business Journal