ABC Official: USSC Wine Ruling Probably Won't Affect Alabama

The general counsel for Alabama's Alcoholic Beverage Control Board confirms that the Supreme Court's ruling regarding interstate wine sales isn't likely to affect anything here in Alabama. From the Mobile Register:

...because Alabama's law...bars wine sales directly from in-state vineyards, a state official said Monday that he doesn't think the ruling will immediately apply to Alabama residents. "It also is my understanding that many states, like Alabama, do not allow direct shipment to consumers by either in-state or out-of-state wineries," Robert S. Hill III, general counsel for the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, said in a written statement. "I believe that the Court's decision may focus on the unequal treatment of in-state vis--vis out-of-state wineries and therefore may not be directed at states like Alabama."