Distillers Seeking their Own Granholm Decision?

Dear Client: The 2005 Granholm decision opened up interstate direct-to-consumer shipping for wineries, and now nearly every state allows it. And in recent years there's been more efforts to extend that benefit to distillers as well. The latest effort? Earlier this summer, New York-based Shady Knoll Orchards & Distillery filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Washington's direct shipping regulations.  Shady Knoll filed the complaint in June along with two Washington consumers, arguing that the state's laws that allow in-state