National Association of Wine Retailers (NAWR) has announced its opposition to, and astonishment with, a bill moving through the New Mexico legislature that would remove consumers’ right to receive wine shipments from out-of-state wine stores.
“Senate Bill 127 is a purely protectionist and anti-consumer bill that strips New Mexico consumers of a right they have enjoyed for many years to obtain wine from out-of-state wine retailers that they can’t find locally,” said Tom Wark, executive director of NAWR. “The bill is meant to protect the deep pockets of billion-dollar, wholesaler middlemen that want protection from competition.”