Distiller's battle with monopolistic ABC system turns toward online sales - Carolina Journal
He and his team make the whiskey in Durham, at Mystic Farm & Distillery. They sell the whiskey from the distillery, and in state-controlled Alcoholic Beverage Control stores. But they can’t sell it online, per Chapter 18B of the N.C. General Statutes. Blitz, like most N.C. distillers, wants to change that. And Blitz, also a lawyer, is determined to do so. Blitz last month petitioned the ABC Commission for a declaratory ruling that would allow him to sell his products to consumers in states that permit online sales: Florida, Hawaii, Kentucky, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Washington, D....
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