KENTUCKY APPEALS FOR FACE-TO-FACE SALES

Kentucky State has filed a suit in the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals to reinstate a provision requiring customers to make face-to-face wine purchases. Last month U.S. District Judge Charles Simpson struck down a law he deemed unconstitutional under Granholm, which had prevented consumers from order wine over the phone and online by requiring consumers to buy the wine in person at a winery.The state’s Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet, parent agency for the Office of Alcoholic Beverage Control, is