A New Era in Beer: Post Granholm

**Double Issue, with Salty Commentary Included**With lawsuits and/or bills in a half dozen states and counting challenging traditional post-Repeal state alcohol laws, distributors are becoming increasingly anxious and small wineries and brewers get increasingly sanguine about their collective futures. But in fact it is our belief that both should be worried, and it is only large interstate chain retailer executives who should be cheerful.The U.S. wholesale beer industry history book should now be separated into three volumes:1. Pre-Prohibition (1492 -