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# Washington State Mulls Out-of-State Retailers Shipping Wine to Local Consumers
- URL: https://bevnews.net/untitled-15/
- Published: 2023-01-31T00:31:01.000Z
- Updated: 2023-01-31T04:02:34.000Z
- Author: Joel Whitaker
- Tags: Direct Shipping

Out-of-state retailers would be allowed to ship a bottle of wine to a consumer in Washington State under a bill being considered by the legislature. Presently, out-of-state wineries can ship direct to consumers, but not out-of-state retailers. 

The out-of-state retailers would have to get a permit and pay state and local taxes as well as a sales tax. “It’s the exact same rules under which out-of-state wineries currently ship,” says Tom Wark, executive director of the **[National Association of Wine Retailers](https://nawr.org/?ref=bevnews.net)** (NAWR).

Scott Hazelgrove, representing Washington Wine and Beer Distributors Association, testified that his father frequently receives wine from **LastBottle.com**, a California-based retailer.  
  
“This is a company that is not collecting and remitting taxes, or the \[**Liquor and Cannabis Board**\] would clearly know that they are an out-of-state retailer selling in violation of the law,” he says. “The last thing we should be doing is expanding a system that isn't currently working.”