Wine marketers are gearing up for another round of fights following the U.S. Supreme Court decision May 16 that found bans against direct sales by wineries to consumers in Michigan and New York unconstitutional.
That’s because at least six other states still restrict out-of-state wineries from doing business within their borders. It will take action from legislatures in each of them to open those markets to wineries, many of which sell via the Internet, catalogs and other forms of direct marketing, said Leslie Berglund, CEO of the Winetasting Network, a Napa, CA DMer.
