I take this as evidence that Mitch Daniels and the Republican controlled General Assembly of 2006 have either no inclination of developing native, Indiana businesses or too much of an inclination to put campaign contributions from wholesalers over developing Indiana businesses.
The Indiana Law Blog references the wine column in the Fort Wayne Journal, and here is the tail end of the column:
At the other end, Satek Winery in Fremont has actually done more shipping since the adoption of the law a year ago. But that’s primarily because the winery did no shipping before because the shipping laws were so different from state to state and because the winery sold out of enough wine without adding shipping to the mix. When shipping became a hot topic, more people became aware of the option and asked Satek to ship.
Being so close to the Toll Road, Satek gets a lot of out-of-town shoppers. Some are on vacation and don’t want to cart around a case of wine the rest of their trip or risk having it boil in their trunk.
Still, owner Larry Satek doesn’t like the law and expects a court case filed by out-of-state wineries to force another change.
“I find it hard to believe the face-to-face requirement isn’t going to be declared unconstitutional,” Satek said. “It turns out it’s not trivial to do this – the paperwork is incredible.”
So it appears the General Assembly will have another chance to use common sense. Let’s hope they do this time.Publish Post
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