DIRECT SHIPPING WOES IN OHIO
Ohio’s new direct wine shipping law goes into effect Oct. 1 and winery advocates are not happy. In June, an Ohio law was passed that bars medium and large wineries from shipping directly to Ohio consumers. (The official cap is 150,000 gallons). Furthermore, Free the Grapes, a winery trade group, says confusing language in the bill may scare off vintners.
The so-called confusing language has to do with the annual shipping limit. The bill sets a 24-case limit per “family household,” rather than an annual limit per winery, per individual, as is common in most states. Because wineries cannot be sure how much wine a household has purchased directly from other wineries, they will not risk the penalties of non-compliance, says the group.
According to Ship Compliant Blog, however, “any penalty for a violation of the case limit provisions will fall solely to the consumers who order the wine, so long as no individual winery were to ship more than the legal amount to a given address.”
The so-called confusing language has to do with the annual shipping limit. The bill sets a 24-case limit per “family household,” rather than an annual limit per winery, per individual, as is common in most states. Because wineries cannot be sure how much wine a household has purchased directly from other wineries, they will not risk the penalties of non-compliance, says the group.
According to Ship Compliant Blog, however, “any penalty for a violation of the case limit provisions will fall solely to the consumers who order the wine, so long as no individual winery were to ship more than the legal amount to a given address.”
posted at 12:22 PM
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