Ontario is not the only jurisdiction with Prohibition-era liquor laws

This report in the San Francisco Chronicle discusses a new initiative to allow small wineries to ship their product direct to customers outside their home states. In Ontario, you cannot have an out-of-province winery ship directly to you — it has to be handled through the LCBO. Many US states have similarly antiquated laws (although some are even worse, Pennsylvania forbids both in- and out-of-state wineries from shipping to customers). This appeal may open the way to removing those restrictions for American consumers. We may only hope that something similar will happen here in Ontario.