October 1st Brings New Direct Wine Shipping Regulations to Montana
Montana House Bill 402 was signed by Governor Bullock on April 12, 2013 and creates workable direct wine shipping laws in the state. The new law, effective on October 1, 2013, will replace the flawed...
View ArticleNebraska Tightens up Existing Direct Shipping Law
LB 230 passed Nebraska’s unicameral legislature and was signed by the Governor on April 24, 2013. The new law will go into effect on September 6, 2013. Nebraska is currently open to direct shipping...
View ArticleLogistics Shippers and Carrier License Applications Required in North Dakota
An update to North Dakota’s existing direct shipping law is going into effect today, August 1. Passed earlier this year, the new law maintains much of the existing law surrounding direct shipping, but...
View ArticleWhile the Autumn Leaves Change in Montana, So Do Their Wine Direct Shipping...
Montana’s new direct shipping law goes into effect October 1 and will replace the current “Wine Connoisseur’s License” process with a “Direct Shipping Endorsement” permit system. Applications for...
View ArticleWine & Spirit Suppliers to Arkansas Must Register Products by End of Year
With passage of HB 1480 (now titled “Act 1105“), the state of Arkansas is requiring that all wine and spirits suppliers actively distributing wine and spirits into the state must register each...
View ArticleSouth Dakota Takes Wine Product Registration Online
Product renewals for 2014 in South Dakota can now be done online. South Dakota now joins Arkansas as one of the most recent states to institute on-line product registrations, continuing the trend...
View ArticleArkansas opens for wine shipments, but only for onsite sales going to private...
Wineries may now apply for an Arkansas “Wine Shipping Permit”, making the state available to onsite direct wine shipments only for the first time. The application for the $25 license may only be...
View ArticleArkansas DTC wine shipments can now arrive via FedEx
Effective May 1, 2014, FedEx will begin accepting on-site direct-to-consumer wine shipment orders to Arkansas residents. Both FedEx Express and FedEx Ground services will be available for wineries...
View ArticleDirect Shipping To Massachusetts–Finally!
Eight years after Massachusetts passed an unworkable and overly-restrictive direct shipping bill, and four years since the same law was ruled unconstitutional by a federal court, Bay State legislators...
View ArticleNew Direct Wine Shipper License Applications Now Available for Massachusetts
As we discussed in a previous post, Massachusetts opening to direct shipping is probably the biggest change that we have seen in direct wine shipping since the Granholm Supreme Court decision of 2005....
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