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Defending the ‘three Tier’ Alcohol Distribution System

Michael Giberson A newspaper report said, “Internet and direct-mail sales have become essential to the growth of smaller winemakers and microbrewers in the last decade.”  No doubt the reason that “distributors of alcoholic beverages are pressing for a federal law that would allow states to block interstate sales of wine and beer to their residents….” …

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Where I Am Not Shopping for Alcohol in Lubbock, Texas

Michael Giberson From the Pinkies website: Tom “Pinkie” Roden established Pinkie’s back in 1934, less than one year after the 21st Amendment to the Constitution was ratified (by an extraordinary 73%), ending 14 years of prohibition. Carrying on the work that Pinkie started back in 1934, we have grown into a chain of fifteen wine …

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