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July 02, 2011
- Franchot Places Local Winery's First Direct Ship Order on Cockeysville Patch
June 30, 2011
- Wine and Cigars: Fights Over Direct Shipment Show Who Has the Clout in Annapolis in the Baltimore Sun
March 29, 2011
- Bill Allows Wine to be Bought Online, Shipped to Maryland Customers on Maryland Newsline Politics
March 22, 2011
- Wine Consumers May Soon Receive Home Deliveries in the Baltimore Sun
March 11, 2011
- Jewish Community Backs MD Direct Wine Shipping Bill in the Baltimore Business Journal
- MD Should Allow Retailers to Ship Wine in the Baltimore Business Journal
March 07, 2011
- Public Left Out of Process in the Carrol County Times
March 06, 2011
- Wineries, Retailers Again Press For Shipping in The Daily Record
March 05, 2011
- Maryland Wineries, Merchants Seek Direct Shipping on WBOC 16
March 04, 2011
- Marketing Efforts Boost Wine Sales in The Gazette
- Maryland Retailers Want In On Wine Shipping Bill in the Baltimore Business Journal
March 03, 2011
- MD Lobbyists, Lawmakers Privately Craft Laws in the Deseret News
March 02, 2011
- Our View: Legislators Should Allow Wine By Mail on Dalmarva
- Maryland Wineries Fear Restrictions in Direct Shipping Bill in the Baltimore Business Journal
February 28, 2011
- High-End Restaurant Owners Want Corkage Law in the Baltimore Sun
February 17, 2011
- Is It Time to Open Up Corkage Laws? in Wine Spectator
February 11, 2011
- Debate Over Direct Wine Shipping Causing Sour Grapes in The Capital
- Our Say: Wine-Shipping Law Reform Shouldn't Stop Halfway
February 08, 2011
- Uncorking Debate on Shipment Ban in the Washington Post
February 06, 2011
- MD's Wine Shipment Laws Create Smuggling Routes from DC and VA in the Washington Post
February 04, 2011
- Lawmakers Still Mulling Direct Wine Shipment on WBAL
- Industry, Consumers at Odds Over Direct Wine Shipping Bill in Ocean City Today
February 03, 2011
- Lawmakers Push for Direct Wine Shipping on ABC
- MD Senator Says Wine Shipping Coming To State on WTOP
January 28, 2011
- Bills Filed to Allow Direct Shipment of Wine in MD in the Baltimore Business Journal
- Proposed Carry-In Wine Concept Meets Resistance in the Dispatch
- Wine Bill Proposed for Local Restaurants in the Frederick News-Post
January 25, 2011
- Baltimore City and County Join Movement for Wine Corkage Changes in the Baltimore Business Journal
January 18, 2011
- Direct Shipping Coming Soon to New Jersey? in Wine Spectator
January 11, 2011
- Wine Predictions for the Washington Area and Beyond in the Washington Post
- Time to Allow the Import and Export of Wine in the Carroll County Community Times
January 09, 2011
- Session 2011 Preview: Wine Shipment, Tax Hike On Agenda on WBAL
January 07, 2011
- Frederick Restaurants, Wineries Hopeful that Corkage, Shipping Laws Change During Upcoming Session in the Gazette
December 31, 2010
- A Push to Privatize Pennsylvania Liquor Stores in the New York Times
December 29, 2010
- Our Say: Franchot's Report Dispels Myths of Shipping Wine in the Maryland Gazette
- MD Should Allow Wine Shipment from Retailers in the Baltimore Sun
December 27, 2010
- From the Winery Straight to You in the Salisbury Daily Times
December 26, 2010
- Our Say: Franchot's Report Dispels Myths of Shipping Wine in The Capital
December 25, 2010
- Maryland's Wine Stewardship in the Baltimore Sun
- Study: Wine Home Delivery Would Help MD Vineyards in the Maryland Gazette
December 24, 2010
- Maryland Wine Community Generally Pleased with Comptroller's Report in the Harrisburg Patriot-News
December 23, 2010
- Maryland Close To Allowing Wine to be Mailed on WBOC
December 22, 2010
- Frederick County Retailers, Wineries Weigh in on Shipping Debate in the Frederick News-Post
- Study: Wine Home Delivery Would Help MD Vineyards in The Capital
December 21, 2010
- Wine-by-Mail coming to Maryland? in the Baltimore Sun
- Maryland Comptroller Wants to Allow Direct Shipments of Wine in the Daily Record
- Marylanders May Finally Get Wine in the Mail in the Baltimore Business Journal
- Report: Lift of MD Wine Shipment Ban Would Not Increase Underage Drinking in the Washington Examiner
- MD Report on Wine by Mail Called 'Starting Point' in the Salisbury Daily Times News
- MD Report On Wine By Mail Called 'Starting Point' on WBAL
- Report Opens Door to Direct Wine Shipments in Maryland on ABC
- Maryland Wineries Hopeful on FOX45
- MD Report On Wine By Mail Called ‘Starting Point’ on CBS Local
- MD May be Close to Allowing Wine Shipments on WTOP
- Franchot Releases Report on Alcohol Direct Shipment on WBCB Radio
December 14, 2010
- Cheverly Delegate Uncorks New Wine Bill in the Prince Georges Gazette
December 12, 2010
- Worcester County Liquor Board Faulted in The Daily Record
December 08, 2010
- Montgomery Coutny Wine Lovers Support BYOB Law at Hearing in the Montgomery Gazette
December 06, 2010
- Robert Parker, VOLT and Maryland's Flawed Liquor Laws in the Baltimore Sun
December 01, 2010
- Modernize Wine Law in the Frederick News Post
- Potomac Legislator Porposes BYOB for Montgomery County Restaurants in the Montgomery Gazette
November 29, 2010
- Time to Modernize MD's Liquor Laws in the Baltimore Sun
September 9, 2010
- McDonnell Unveils Plan to Privatize VA Liquor Sales, but Skeptics Question Taxes in the Washington Post
May 31, 2010
- Wine-Shipping Study Begins in the Baltimore Sun
May 27, 2010
- It’s About Time in the Maryland Daily Record
April 30, 2010
- Vote against Internet Wine Sales Misguided in the Annapolis Gazette
April 26, 2010
- Chairmen Wield Power, Influence on Assembly in The Capital
April 16, 2010
- MD Wineries Already Talking Up Direct-Shipping Bill in 2011 in the Baltimore Business Journal
April 12, 2010
- Lawmakers Scramble on 2010 Session’s Final Day in the MD Daily Record
April 1, 2010
- Grapes of wrath on Gazette.net
March 23, 2010
- Direct wine shipments on deck for Md. Senate vote in The Washington Examiner
March 18, 2010
- Wine shipment plan appears shelved in The Baltimore Sun
- Direct wine shipping may get summer study in The Daily Record
March 17, 2010
- General Assembly Considers Online Wine Sales on WJZ.com
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

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