Wine Institute: HR 5034 Still Allows Discrimination

Dear Client:After yesterday's joint letter from alcohol beverage suppliers, the Wine Institute and Wine America issued their own statement speaking out against the new language for HR 5034. They write that Congressman Bill Delahunt's amendment "still grants unprecedented powers to allow wholesalers to pass anti-competitive, discriminatory state laws.""Without justification, H.R. 5034 asks Congress to surrender to the states its exclusive power over interstate commerce guaranteed by the Commerce Clause, opening the door to widespread, unchecked state-based discrimination."As we suspected, their