Letter from state senator

[hotwine]

I had written my state senator, Jeff Wentworth, a few months ago bitchin' about the sorry state of affairs regarding interstate (and intrastate) wine shipment in Texas, and urging him to support state legislation to authorize same. Received a reply today, in which he states that both the senate and house interstate bills died in committee (through effective lobbying by the distributors), but the intrastate bill passed. So as of 1 Sep this year, we can order wines directly from the producers. What he doesn't mention is the requirement that the consumer must pay a retailer to accept delivery, which from what I understand is a provision of the new law.