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German| Date: 2004-06-23 22:55:46 |
| From: T-online |
Subject: Re: New feature at Wein-Plus.com |
| I just received this e-mail and I have a question regarding the nature of the purchase, do you mean buy wines direct from the wineries in Europe by a person in the US? I work as a broker representing German Wineries mostly in the US, so I sell wines to whosalers that also have an import license, in turn, these whosalers sell the wines to stores and restaurants. All the best, Savio Santana Soares Wine Selections Krefeld-DE ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Williams" <boscastle@t-online.de> To: <wineforum@wein-plus.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 8:59 PM Subject: [wineforum] RE: New feature at Wein-Plus.com > You are right in saying it is complicated to buy European wines in the SA - > in fact as far as I know it is only possible for consumers to buy through a > licenced importer who has a licence to sell alcohol. However there is > another major problem - (illustrated by your example "Where can I buy wines > from winery X in state Y") - which is that 26 states PROHIBIT INTER-STATE > SALES. For example it is legal for residents of New England to buy from > other states but not residents in New York. The US Supreme Court will now > heard 3 cases which, it is claimed, involve constitutional law since > although the 21st Amendment ended Prohibition in 1933 it gave individual > states the right to regulate alcohol. It seems these cases will rest on the > power of Congress to also regulate commerce between the states. Alcohol > wholesalers want the law to stay as it is; on the other hand winemakers want > to see a change so that they can sell their products over the internet. > > The 25 states which do allow inter-state trading would still have individual > regulations concerning tax. That is still likely to make it difficult for > any European winery, Weingärtnergenossenschaft etc. to supply wine directly > to customers in the US - it may just become difficult instead of impossible! > I mention that because, as you know, tax like MWSt is deducted for US > customers but taxes (Sales taxes) are not uniform from one state to another. > I am not quite sure (since I am British and not American) how importers of > European wine in the US deal with this problem. I can only tell you that my > local Weingärtnergenossenschaft won't send anything to America as they had 3 > different orders returned by US (State) Customs for which they had to pay > return transport costs. > > I am trying to find out more from the Institue for Justice which is, I > understand, bringing the legal action. It is expected the case will be > heard at the end of the year and a ruling handed down in about June 2005. > In the meantime it would be helpful if any US readers can add to this > information. > > David Williams > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: wineforum_owner@apris.de [mailto:wineforum_owner@apris.de]On > Behalf Of Martin H. Geiger > Sent: 22 June 2004 16:36 > To: wineforum@wein-plus.com > Subject: [wineforum] New feature at Wein-Plus.com > > > Hi, > > animated by the discussion in this mailing list, Utz decided to implement a > new feature to www.wein-plus.com. > > We learned, that it seems to be rather complicated to buy european wines in > the USA. As we understood, are the reasons for this to see on the one side > in the legal environment, and on the other side in the seperation to > importes and retailers. > > Many questions in the last weeks focused something like "Where can I buy > wines form winery x in state y". > > In our german-language website www.wein-plus.de we have a very powerfull > feature named "Weinlotse". > This is a sorted list of wine-realted websites. Wineries, importes and > retailers are listed here. > We now offer the same service at our english-languaged plattform. > Of course, actually there is very small content. So we ask you for two > things: > - If you are an importer or a retailer of european wines, please enter your > data to this tool. > - If you know such companies, please let us know. > > Of course we will ask the german winemakers for their business partners in > the USA. > > It would be great to implement a mostly complete overview to the wine > bargain in the USA. > > Of course, we are at your disposal for further information. > > Best regards > > Martin H. Geiger > > www.wein-plus.de > www.wein-plus.com > Martin H. Geiger > - Werbung und Kooperationen - > Heusteg 47 > 91056 Erlangen > Tel +49 9131 75 50 14 > Fax +49 9131 75 50 50 > Mail: geiger@wein-plus.de > --- > Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.577 / Virus Database: 366 - Release Date: 03/02/2004 > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.577 / Virus Database: 366 - Release Date: 03/02/2004 |
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