Wineries and Retailers Speak on Congressional Hearing

Dear Client: The sub-committee hearing yesterday certainly made waves in the industry, pitting wholesalers against producers. The purpose of the hearing, it seems, was to urge Congress to clarify their intent when it comes to state regulation of alcohol and the dormant Commerce Clause. Remember, the Commerce Clause (and Granholm's reading of it) says that states can't create laws which discriminate between in-state and out-of-state entities, despite the 21st Amendment which (theoretically at this point) gives states sovereign power over