Comments on: The Future of Small Wineries in America…? http://www.1winedude.com/index.php/2008/06/06/the-future-of-small-wineries-in-america/ A Serious Wine Blog For the Not-So-Serious Drinker Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:29:04 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: my blog http://www.1winedude.com/index.php/2008/06/06/the-future-of-small-wineries-in-america/#comment-6343 my blog Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:44:01 +0000 http://1winedude.com/?p=115#comment-6343 <strong>check this out...</strong> this is mine... check this out…

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]]> By: Joe Roberts, CSW http://www.1winedude.com/index.php/2008/06/06/the-future-of-small-wineries-in-america/#comment-179 Joe Roberts, CSW Sun, 08 Jun 2008 16:48:00 +0000 http://1winedude.com/?p=115#comment-179 Thanks for the comments, everyone.<br/><br/>Morton - I'd counter that many winery owners start their wineries out of a passion for it, and they do it *despite* the craziness of the arcane 7-decade running interstate wine commerce laws, many of which are unconstitutional.<br/><br/>Certainly they need to take the situation into account, but it's also sort of like saying that people living in war-torn countries should just give up & leave instead of trying to rebuild... Thanks for the comments, everyone.

Morton – I’d counter that many winery owners start their wineries out of a passion for it, and they do it *despite* the craziness of the arcane 7-decade running interstate wine commerce laws, many of which are unconstitutional.

Certainly they need to take the situation into account, but it’s also sort of like saying that people living in war-torn countries should just give up & leave instead of trying to rebuild…

]]> By: Morton Leslie http://www.1winedude.com/index.php/2008/06/06/the-future-of-small-wineries-in-america/#comment-178 Morton Leslie Sun, 08 Jun 2008 09:42:00 +0000 http://1winedude.com/?p=115#comment-178 I'm always amazed at the number of people who start a winery without a clue on how they are going to sell their product...then when they can't, they blame the legal structure or the three tier system that has been in place for over seven decades. There are a number of states where you can ship legally, yet internet sales are laughable in those states. More than many products, people simply will not risk the expense of buying by internet, wines about which they know nothing. If you start a winery, you should know and plan for this.And if you know anything about the way it actually works, most small wineries break the law and ship illegally anyway. When Free the Grapes asked at a meeting attended by dozens of small Napa Valley wineries for a volunteer for a test case...the one requirement being that the winery had never shipped illegally...there was not a single winery that could do it. I'm always amazed at the number of people who start a winery without a clue on how they are going to sell their product…then when they can't, they blame the legal structure or the three tier system that has been in place for over seven decades. There are a number of states where you can ship legally, yet internet sales are laughable in those states. More than many products, people simply will not risk the expense of buying by internet, wines about which they know nothing. If you start a winery, you should know and plan for this.And if you know anything about the way it actually works, most small wineries break the law and ship illegally anyway. When Free the Grapes asked at a meeting attended by dozens of small Napa Valley wineries for a volunteer for a test case…the one requirement being that the winery had never shipped illegally…there was not a single winery that could do it.

]]> By: Lee http://www.1winedude.com/index.php/2008/06/06/the-future-of-small-wineries-in-america/#comment-177 Lee Sat, 07 Jun 2008 19:39:00 +0000 http://1winedude.com/?p=115#comment-177 The Dude abides!<br/><br/>Us small wineries love the Dude :) The Dude abides!

Us small wineries love the Dude :)

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.1winedude.com/index.php/2008/06/06/the-future-of-small-wineries-in-america/#comment-176 Anonymous Sat, 07 Jun 2008 01:21:00 +0000 http://1winedude.com/?p=115#comment-176 Great move. I can't wait to hear the response.<br/><br/>Inertia - Powering the Wine Revolution Great move. I can’t wait to hear the response.

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