Kansas wine lovers who would like to order wines directly by mail or the Internet from out-of-state wineries or local producers would get stomped on by a bill in the Legislature.
A proposal to allow direct shipments has been hijacked by the state’s liquor wholesalers, who want all wine shipments to go through them. As Norm Jennings, a member of the state’s wine and grape industry advisory council, told a Senate committee, the change could put many Kansas growers out of business.
Lawmakers should cut out the middlemen and preserve what should have been a needed simplification of Kansas law.
Posted by Randy Scholfield
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How many vineyards are in Kansas? I know of one between Lindsborg and McPherson, but I’m not sure it’s still active.
I think Kansas topography (lack of mountains) and meterology (too much variation in temp and rainfall) will kill more vineyards than the likker wholesalers.
That said, it sure would be nice to order all kinds of beverages of both the grape and the barley persuasions on the internet. I can’t speak for the wine drinkers, but I would love to be able to sit on my deck and drink Arrogant Bastard Ale here in Kansas (among other beers from Stone Brewing Company in Escondido, CA. And let’s not forget the Ardienne forest either!).
I am working on a restaurant project here flike. It sure would be nice if kansas allowed beer and wine to be served on a beer license. To serve wine, you have to have a full fledged liquor license at 10 times the cost. Wanna guess which lobby is behind that? Kansans will vote dry as long as they can stagger to the polls. Or the floor of the legislature after the wholesaler’s bash.
I went to a wine tasting at a vinyard just north of Salina a few years ago. Premo Vin.
I thought conservatives were for less govermnent regulation? Guess I was wrong