Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Your Tax Dollars Hard At Work

State uncorks effort to stop wine seller:

For the past two years, a consultant with the Traveling Vineyard, a Massachusetts company operating in nearly 30 states, would come to your home. Along with friends, you'd sample a pinot or chardonnay, and then fill out a form if you wanted to buy some.

On Tuesday, state authorities raided a landmark Minneapolis liquor store, Surdyk's, seizing about 40 cases of wine in an effort to shut down the Traveling Vineyard. Surdyk's ships prepackaged and prepaid orders from the company to its customers.

The state alcohol enforcement division says the Traveling Vineyard can't legally sell wine without a license.

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