FLORIDA STATE CLEARS THE CONFUSION

After the Florida state legislature ended earlier this month without passing a direct wine shipping bill, the industry was gray on whether shipping to consumers was still legal. Adding to the confusion, the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation had taken down their website which contained guidelines for out-of-state shippers on how to ship alcohol into the state. Last Friday the DBPR put the direct shipping website back up and confirmed there has been no change of policy. According