Rearguard Actions by New York's Neo-prohibitionists

Jacob Sullum links to a New York Times article on the state's most recent attempt to avoid complying with the spirit of the law:

"No one has ever come up with as convoluted a signature gathering and reporting requirement as the State of New York originally proposed," said Steve Gross, director of state relations for the Wine Institute, a trade group of several hundred wine growers that has been involved in the talks with New York officials over the issue...

The form requires the delivery person to fill out by hand the name and address of the shipping company, a license number of the shipping company and a number assigned for the particular delivery, as well as the name of the winery, a shipping number for the winery, the winery's license number and the winery's address. Then the deliverer must fill out the name and address of the person receiving the shipment as well as information describing the kind of identification presented, and the time and date of delivery. The signature of the recipient is also required.

Cross-posted to OntarioWineBlog. Posted by Nicholas at December 12, 2005 01:46 PM