My first wine purchase

[hotwine]

I would have been using popswine were it not for our legal restrictions in Texas; wine may be brought in from another state only to an authorized (read heavily-licensed) distributor, who then makes it available to a retailer for sale to the public. The recent court ruling to the effect that those procedures are in restraint of interstate commerce, and therefore unconstitutional, has not yet opened the way for direct shipment to consumers. Soon, perhaps. We hope.