We've inserted a sample message here. Feel free to change any part as you see fit. As an adult voter of our great state, I strongly encourage you to support my ability to access the wines I want through direct shipping. Direct shipping allows me to purchase wines not generally available throughout the state, and encourages fair and open trade under the Interstate Commerce Clause. State authorities may refer a violating winery or retailer to the federal BATF for disciplinary action, which can include rescinding a winery's basic license to make wine.
Additional limitations are unnecessary and unwarranted.
Wine wholesalers mislead legislators by claiming direct shipping provides widespread access to wine for minors. Yet it is the wine industry's direct shipping code of practices that outlines the simple guidelines for preventing minor access. The wholesalers motivation is to protect their bottom line by strengthening their state-sanctioned monopolies in wine wholesaling. There are other legislative options available that would satisfy consumer demand for wines not available locally, provide the necessary tax collection provisions and regulations for a socially-sensitive product like wine. The National Conference of State Legislatures passed a resolution in 1999 asking Congress NOT to pass this biased legislation.