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New Mexico Opens direct Wine shipping
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anta Fe, N.M.—New Mexico, last of the so-called "reciprocal" shipping states, will open its doors to direct-to- consumer (DtC) shipments from wineries starting July 1. Gov. Susana Martinez signed into law Senate Bill 445, which will allow wineries from throughout the United States to ship their products to adult New Mexico residents.
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According to Steve Gross, director of state relations for California's Wine In- stitute, the new law creates a state permit system. Wineries must
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obtain a $50 permit, which will allow them to ship up to two cases per month to adult residents in New Mexico. Gross told Wines & Vines that the new regulations do not ap- ply to retailer wine shipments. Despite easy approval from both houses of the New Mexico legislature, enactment of the DtC bill had remained in doubt until Martinez signed it. Per WinesVinesDATA, New Mexico is cur- rently home to 42 wineries.
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