Comments on: Kentucky and Wine Shipping Laws

By: Andrea

Andrea — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:51:14 +0000

I recently moved from NKY – where wine was as easy as popping into the Kroger annex store – to central KY in a dry county. And it’s nearly impossible to find a store that sells wine when I do leave the dry county to go to wet one. Those that do sell wine are either the kind as a woman I’m far too afraid to go into the store alone, or they only sell mass produced by-the-gallon-wine I’ve never even heard of (and I am unwilling to try). I can’t find my Gnarly Head, my Chateau St Michelle, my Cupcake Vineyards.

It saddens me. Because I like wine. A lot.

By: Carolyn

Carolyn — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 22:19:22 +0000

I loved your blog!!! I finally understand the problem with getting wine shipped. I lived in CA for 10 years and belonged to several wine clubs. What a nice thing. I think it all boils down to money!

By: Alan Hanisch

Alan Hanisch — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:04:30 +0000

We’re finally coming your way via Paul Meyer of tastefinewines@insightbb.com coming to visit us

By: Mindy

Mindy — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:50:27 +0000

Does anyone know what the current and CORRECT shipping laws are for shipping wines INTO KY? I keep hearing so many conflicting stories that I don’t know what is what? Thanks.

By: Ron

Ron — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 19:52:24 +0000

Microbreweries don’t have the same problem. They can ship anywhere, and breweries in other states can ship to KY.
Don’t see the difference! EXCEPT some small minded vintners are trying to protect their hold on wine in KY. Competition has always resulted in better products, mergers and acquitisions. Let the cream rise to the top, the dregs fall to the bottom and, if we’re lucky, some KY’an will combine some old and new skills and offer an ‘Angels Share’ product. HINT HINT

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By: milliecassony

milliecassony — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 03:24:39 +0000

I couldn’t agree more with this post. I think it’s abosolutely frustrating that no one will ship wine to Kentucky. Some websites USED to but checking back with those same websites, they won’t even ship to Kentucky anymore. Like you said, there are wines that you can’t even find in stores around here, and the only way some people can afford to get them (I certainly cannot afford to drive to Michigan let alone California for what I want to try every month) on line. I think it’s very unfair.

By: Sean Et Cetera

Sean Et Cetera — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 05:24:34 +0000

My wife and I recently moved to Kentucky from northwest Ohio (she’s actually from the Finger Lakes region of New Tork, which is why we’re into wine). We had a partial history of wine in Kentucky from two wineries we went to, as well as overheard some other comments that just made me curious as to the state of wine in Kentucky. I’m unfortunately glad to see that my confusion was warranted.

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By: Tom Mace

Tom Mace — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 05:42:21 +0000

Imagine my disbelief on moving to my new Kentucky home when I discovered that no Internet wine store will ship to the state. For your orientation, I moved here from Washington State where you can buy fine wine on line as well as in any supermarket.
For starters, the Kentucky laws that have created this state of affairs are patently unconstitutional, not that this seems to bother anyone in authority. But looking further into it, I discover that it’s all a tangled mess of conflicting interests, all scared to death.
Come on, folks, this isn’t 1950’s Europe. If you can’t survive without consumer funded protectionism, you don’t deserve to be in business. If you are a small grower with a decent product, you can only benefit from ready access to an electronic market. And if you are a distributor or physical retailer, please note that these businesses do extremely well in states where they compete with an online market, despite the sales tax issue. If you really think you can’t prosper in a free marketplace, please get out of the wine business and do something else.