One GIANT leap !!!!!!!

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The Massachusetts House did something yesterday that I thought I would never see in my lifetime. They approved a bill to allow wine shipping to consumers, which now goes to the MA Senate. There's an interesting wrinkle to the bill in that this only applies to wineries making less than 50,000 gallons per year (that's about 20,000 cases). The big guys - Mondavi, etc. - who make more than the allowance still have to go through the three tier network, and that's good as far as I'm concerned because the wines I want are made by wineries making less than half the allowance. There's also a rider that allows restaurant patrons to take their unfinished wine home sealed in a plastic bag. Those here from MA keep your fingers crossed that the Senate doesn't screw this up. Here's the full article from the Boston Globe.
[url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/11/15/house_approves_internet_wine_bill?mode=PF]www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/11/15/house_approves_internet_wine_bill?mode=PF[/url]