In yet another strange twist of DTC compliance laws, Massachusetts has finally passed a law that will allow out of state wineries to ship to their customers who live in the Bay State.  Good news for sippers who long for those silky rich syrahs that can only come from warmer climates, right?

There’s only one glitch though, neither Fed Ex nor UPS will ship there. In order for either shipping giant to be legal to deliver wine in Massachusetts, they would need to purchase a alcohol transporting license for EACH VEHICLE.  And at $200 a pop how much wine would they need to ship to make it worth their while?

There is talk of creating legislation to tweak the law so that only one license would be required for the entire fleet, (like most other states have) but it’s a wait and see game right now.  So before you get all excited about signing up members of the Kennedy family to your wine club, and go out and spend $300 on that shiny new direct shipper’s license, you might want to put that project on the back burner until further notice.  Stay tuned for updates here!