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Buy wine at farmers' markets? Why not.

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September 19, 2009 10:15 pm
By Gail Ciampa


Check out this story reported by the Associated Press in the Boston Globe about Massachusetts wine makers who want to sell their bottles at farmers' markets. How much more local can you get?

Massachusetts liquor laws are more restrictive than in most other states, where winemakers can sell off-premises or specifically at farmers' markets. Similar legislation to allow wine sales at farmers' markets is currently pending in Connecticut.

Rhode Island's laws are equally restrictive.

The change in Massachusetts is being fought by the Massachusetts Association of Package Stores who fight any change in sales. The group said the change is "fraught with peril" because there would be no guarantees that workers at farmers' markets are properly trained to weed out minors.

That's right, you always see wild and crazy teens at farmers' markets.

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