U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE RECOMMENDS FACE TO FACE WINE SALES

Champions of the 3-tier have reason to celebrate. A U.S. District Judge in Maine recommended that the state opt out of legalizing direct wine sales in favor of face to face transactions, upholding the state’s current winery statutes. In answer to Granholm, Judge Margaret J. Kravchuk wrote that the benefit of enforcing face to face sales as a way to prevent underage access outweighs any burdens posed towards interstate commerce. Said Judge Kravchuk: Maine’s current law “simply does not impose