Conway rules out end to wine-shipment ban

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Most Maryland lawmakers, a swath of Democrats and Republican from across the state, want adults to be able to have bottles of wine shipped to their homes, something that’s legal in 37 other states. When it was filed last week, a bill repealing the quarter-century-old direct-shipping ban included the signatures of 106 of the 188 state legislators.

“In a logical world, that kind of support would indicate that a bill is about to pass,” said Sen. Jamie Raskin, a Montgomery County Democrat and proponent of what’s affectionately known as the “Free the Grapes” campaign.

But the proposal, as in years past, “is not going anywhere,” according to the leader of the Senate committee that determines its fate.

Full story: Conway rules out end to wine-shipment ban – baltimoresun.com