The introduction of a new bill into the US Congress that seeks to reaffirm the states’ powers to regulate alcohol has reignited the debate over inter-state direct wine shipping, and sparked a fierce battle between drinks wholesalers and suppliers. Ben Cooper reports.

Those who believed the 2005 Granholm v Heald Supreme Court ruling marked the resolution of the direct wine shipping issue in the US may have to think again, after the introduction into Congress last month of a new bill that seeks to reaffirm the states’ powers over alcohol regulation.

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