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WineEastNews BDI_Jan09.qxp 10/10/08 12:47 PM Page 1 Maryland OKs Wine Shipping Governor signs long-awaited bill to take effect July 1 "Paper or Plantra" The choice is yours! ® Paper Tube or "GROW" the whole vine! Paper Tube vs. Temporary (single-season?) spray cover, shorter height means more vine training trips. Opaque sidewall construction blocks sunlight vines need to optimize healthy, balanced growth. Plantra JumpStart® Grow Tubes Multi-season field life, spray protection, full tube height for one-trip vine training. Twin-walled for light diffusion and translucent to the specific sunlight vines need, JumpStart® Grow Tubes are packed with advanced greenhouse technology to stimulate the vine's own phytochrome to grow the whole vine from roots to shoots. Bigger, healthier vines for earlier, larger, and sustained harvests. Take the Plantra pledge and "Plant Like You Mean It!" Visit Plantra.com today to discover the impact phytochrome with JumpStart® Grow Tubes can have to get your next planting to Survive, Thrive, Succeed! www.plantra.com 800-951-3806 ©2011 Plantra, Inc. 44 Wines & Vines JULY 2011 when Gov. Martin O'Malley signed into law House Bill 1175/Senate Bill 248. The new regulations will be effective starting July 1. A Free the Grapes! announced the success of its decade-long campaign May 5. In a statement, executive director Jeremy Ben- son credited those who'd led the fight, in- cluding Adam Borden and the Marylanders for Better Beer & Wine Laws, Kevin Atticks and the Maryland Wineries Association, Wine Merchants Association of Maryland, the Maryland Farm Bureau, Wine Institute and Maryland wine lovers. "Without their advocacy and patience over the past de- cade, Maryland would still be in the dark ages," he said. He noted that Maryland retailers had lobbied effectively to exclude retailers from the direct shipping bill. Press contact Sean Carroll told Wines & Vines that details for direct-shipping licenses or shipping limitations are not yet available, but he said that the new regulations are similar to Free the Grapes' model bill. —Jane Firstenfeld nnapolis, Md.—Maryland officially became the 38th state to allow winery-direct shipping May 10, ALLIANCE OF FOAM PACKAGING RECYCLERS