Cheers

In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that state regulations governing direct shipments of wine (and presumably other alcoholic beverages) to consumers can't discriminate against out-of-state producers.

Stephen Bainbridge has an excellent analysis of the Court's decision here, and also provides links to each of the opinions.

From what I've been able to glean from the 'net, Alabama's rules for direct-to-consumer shipments are equally cumbersome for both in-state and out-of-state shipments, so the case is unlikely to have much impact in Alabama. As Bainbridge says:

...it's not at all certain that consumers in the 24 states that had banned direct to consumer sales will soon be able to buy wine on the internet and have it shipped to their home or office. If the states chose to change their laws so as to ban direct-to-consumer sales by both out-of-state and in-state wineries, those laws almost certainly would be upheld as within the states' powers under the 21st Amendment.