Direct-to-consumer shipping limited by underage access concerns

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Direct- to- consumer ( DtC) wine shipping is enjoying exponential growth. This is a great and welcome boon to winemakers, especially smaller ones, who are effectively ignored by mega wholesalers.

But the trend rattles those same near-monopoly wholesalers— Southern Glazer’s and Republic National. And they are fighting back by lobbying to restrict DtC …