SWRA: MOST RETAILERS CHOOSE NOT TO SHIP DIRECT

The Specialty Wine Retailers Association (SWRA) says that regulators and legislators should not be concerned about an influx of wine retailers obtaining direct shipping licenses because, as it turns out, most of them choose not to ship at all. According to a SWRA survey of state regulatory bodies that issue both retailer and winery licenses for direct wine shipments, wine retailers represent only a small portion of license holders. The survey of permits issued in New Hampshire, Nevada, North Dakota,