Buying Wine on The Internet in Every State

[Jerry D Mead]

Jason...Let's deal with some of your wholesaler defense arguments...

I don't think anyone minds a mass marketer getting a discount and passing it on...but explain why the small retailer or restaurateur must by law pay the higher price at wholesale when he can buy it cheaper from the discount retailer. Where is the state's vested interest in such a proposition? It is pure protectionism for the wholesaler. If the retail/restaurant can buy ANY other product at a lower price from a fellow retailer there's no law against it. I know lots of restaurant people who buy lots of stuff at COSTCO for just that reason.

A regulated product? Yes, but so are pharmaceuticals and fancy cigars, and both are sold through the mails/Internet. And the minor issue is bogus...not one documented case of a kid buying via the Internet...just lots of adult-assisted stings. And the state tax loss is also bogus for two reasons...states don't collect taxes on other mail order sales so why should they for wine?...AND, the wineries have agreed to pay the taxes if the states will provide a method for them to do so...which none so far have taken advantage of.

Some of what you say about allocations is true, but that doesn't explain to a small retailer or restaurant why he can't get any Dom Perignon at all...while it's floor stacked at a retail price lower than his wholesale...IF he were permitted to buy some.

And WCT...Trust me..the guy who is telling you NAXON won't work but it's too complex to explain online...knows what he's talking about and is not speaking out of fear. NAXON will work to deliver stuff that's already available. It is not a 50 states solution, though the wholesalers would like you to believe that. And even if it did...you would simply have a 4-tier monopoly instead of the existing 3-tier monopoly.

Curmy