Comments on: Stop H.R. 5034 and a New Dark Age for Wine Consumers and Retailers http://wine-zag.com/2010/04/25/stop-h-r-5034-and-a-new-dark-age-for-wine-consumers-and-retailers/ Wine Blog : Sensible Appreciation Wed, 16 May 2012 23:35:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: One Enthusiast’s View on Wine as an Investment Vehicle : WineZag http://wine-zag.com/2010/04/25/stop-h-r-5034-and-a-new-dark-age-for-wine-consumers-and-retailers/comment-page-1/#comment-395 One Enthusiast’s View on Wine as an Investment Vehicle : WineZag Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:23:56 +0000 http://wine-zag.com/?p=3579#comment-395 [...] For some, great wines are nothing more than appreciable liquid (no pun intended) assets, redeemable at market rates through various exchanges and channels.  For me, this investment mentality is akin to scratching fingernails across a full length chalkboard.  Taking a fixed production artistic beverage and limiting availability to the appreciative while driving up prices in secondary trading markets irritates me.   These channels and their investor clients help make our country’s antiquated three tier wine and spirits distribution system appear innocent despite its own highly criticized contribution to restricted competition, suppressed free trade, and limited availability that simultaneously and artificially drives price (see H.R. 5034). [...] [...] For some, great wines are nothing more than appreciable liquid (no pun intended) assets, redeemable at market rates through various exchanges and channels.  For me, this investment mentality is akin to scratching fingernails across a full length chalkboard.  Taking a fixed production artistic beverage and limiting availability to the appreciative while driving up prices in secondary trading markets irritates me.   These channels and their investor clients help make our country’s antiquated three tier wine and spirits distribution system appear innocent despite its own highly criticized contribution to restricted competition, suppressed free trade, and limited availability that simultaneously and artificially drives price (see H.R. 5034). [...]

]]> By: HR 5034: What if Wine Were Peaches ... | another wine blog http://wine-zag.com/2010/04/25/stop-h-r-5034-and-a-new-dark-age-for-wine-consumers-and-retailers/comment-page-1/#comment-277 HR 5034: What if Wine Were Peaches ... | another wine blog Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:08:42 +0000 http://wine-zag.com/?p=3579#comment-277 [...] Joe Roberts, Wine Crush; Josh Wade, DrinkNectar; David Honig, Palate Press; Adam Japko, Wine Zag; Catie, Through The Walla Walla Grape Vine « Washington State Wines: Tildio Winery [...] [...] Joe Roberts, Wine Crush; Josh Wade, DrinkNectar; David Honig, Palate Press; Adam Japko, Wine Zag; Catie, Through The Walla Walla Grape Vine « Washington State Wines: Tildio Winery [...]

]]> By: H.R. 5034 – A fraudulent bill that would hurt many family wineries « John on Wine – a wine blog http://wine-zag.com/2010/04/25/stop-h-r-5034-and-a-new-dark-age-for-wine-consumers-and-retailers/comment-page-1/#comment-276 H.R. 5034 – A fraudulent bill that would hurt many family wineries « John on Wine – a wine blog Mon, 26 Apr 2010 23:47:09 +0000 http://wine-zag.com/?p=3579#comment-276 [...] 25, 2010 Adam Japko, Wine Zag; Catie, Through The Walla Walla Grape [...] [...] 25, 2010 Adam Japko, Wine Zag; Catie, Through The Walla Walla Grape [...]

]]> By: Robert Dwyer http://wine-zag.com/2010/04/25/stop-h-r-5034-and-a-new-dark-age-for-wine-consumers-and-retailers/comment-page-1/#comment-275 Robert Dwyer Sun, 25 Apr 2010 21:15:46 +0000 http://wine-zag.com/?p=3579#comment-275 Good stuff here Adam. The part I appreciate you bringing up most is the paradox whereby Massachusetts as a whole loses out on tax revenue because wine shipping laws are so restrictive as to cause wines to be routed through alternate channels. This is a point that needs to be made more clearly to Massachusetts residents. Wine enthusiasts aren't the only ones who would benefit from more reasonable shipping laws- everyone in the state would benefit from the increased tax revenue. Currently, the laws favor distributor interests over everyone else in the state and that doesn't feel right to me. If two parties in this country want to get together and buy/sell wine they should be able to. This goes for both out of state wineries -and- retailers. Free the Grapes! Good stuff here Adam.

The part I appreciate you bringing up most is the paradox whereby Massachusetts as a whole loses out on tax revenue because wine shipping laws are so restrictive as to cause wines to be routed through alternate channels.

This is a point that needs to be made more clearly to Massachusetts residents. Wine enthusiasts aren’t the only ones who would benefit from more reasonable shipping laws- everyone in the state would benefit from the increased tax revenue.

Currently, the laws favor distributor interests over everyone else in the state and that doesn’t feel right to me. If two parties in this country want to get together and buy/sell wine they should be able to. This goes for both out of state wineries -and- retailers.

Free the Grapes!

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