Wine-friendly states

[hotwine]

Thanks, those are good additions. But I'd really like to be able to serve as my own importer. Had an agreement worked out a few years ago with a fellow in Germany who brokered wines to service clubs; he was willing to ship a mixed pallet (French/German/Spanish) to me each month at a very modest price; all I needed were the licenses and permits.
You can imagine the rest of the story: when I got copies of all of the state applications that were required, and saw that only duly licensed and bonded vehicles, buildings and drivers would come in contact with the wine, and that all of those megabuck license fees and bonds were annually renewable, and oh by the way family members couldn't participate as retailers if I were the wholesaler - I gave up.
Those are the types of nightmarish restrictions that I would love to avoid.