how to legally sell?

[hotwine]

I tried to set up an import business years ago. Had the state ABCC send me the license applications, rules & regs, etc. The danged packet weighed three pounds! And there were 10 licenses required, each annually renewable, costing hundreds of bucks each. Rules were draconian.... license for the vehicle used to pick up the wine at POE restricted its use to just that purpose (couldn't use it for commuting to the shop); the building where the wine was to be stored had to be bonded and couldn't be used for any other purpose; the vehicle drivers had to have special "alcohol transport" licenses; and like Foodie says, each and every license carried inspection requirements (read: employment opportunities for bureaucrats). Other rules were laughable.... couldn't employ a family member as a retailer of my imported products, for example. I unceremoniously dumped that sucker in the garbage. Life is 'way too short to take on that kind of hassle.