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Ordering wine online from and in NY now possible

CNET is reporting that two months after the United States Supreme Court handed them a long-awaited victory, winemakers and drinkers in New York, California and many other states can finally celebrate.

On July 14, Gov. George E. Pataki of New York signed into law a bill that allows out-of-state wineries to ship directly to the state`s consumers, while also permitting the state`s more than 150 wineries to ship to consumers in 28 other states where such shipments are legal.

Since New York is the nation`s third-largest wine consuming state, and a rising star in wine production, industry executives and analysts said the new law could send millions more consumers online to buy obscure wines from small vineyards, which they could never before purchase from a distance.