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Not to beat up on the liquor wholesalers (as I've said before, they have their place in the market), but here's a quote from the Texas Attorney General James Todd that was just published in the Specialty Wine Retailers Association newsletter: "In the Dallas Region during the first Five Months of FY 2007, the TABC enforcement Division brought almost 1,200 criminal actions against permit holders for violations related to minors, of which none involved Internet sales or direct shipment and few involved wine."

As the wholesaler lobby has frequently used the argument that direct shipping provides wine to minors, maybe we'll now hear less of that. Maybe they could now argue for laws requiring proof-of-age and an adult signature on all alcohol sales at retail stores. Yeah, right.