NY Bill To Sell Wine In Groceries Stalls, While Distillery-Direct Shipments Move Forward

New York state lawmakers considered several bills that would potentially impact the retail tier during the recent legislative session. Legislation permitting wine sales in grocery stores didn’t move forward. But a bill permitting direct shipments of spirits, cider, mead, and braggot was approved by state lawmakers and sent to Governor Kathy Hochul. A similar state law permitting wine direct shipments already exists.

The bill allows up to 36 nine-liter cases of spirits a year from a state distillery or farm distillery—or interstate shipping from a producer in states with reciprocal agreements—to be directly shipped to a legal-age adult. “I anticipate the law is going to get enacted and some distillery is going to sue New York,” says Michael Correra, executive director of retailer group Metro Package Store Association and owner of Michael-Towne Wines & Spirits in Brooklyn. “The concern is it only allows reciprocal states. You can’t force reciprocation.” Market Watch has more.

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