Specialty Wine Retailers Association
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The Specialty Wine Retailers Association (SWRA) is a group representing the wine
retail industry who work for the free movement of wine across state lines, whose stated goal is that any adult consumer in any state should be allowed to legally purchase and have shipped to them any wine from any retailer in America. The interests of SWRA lie in direct opposition to those of the Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America
(WSWA) over the issue of the three-tier alcohol distribution system
.
Executive director of the SWRA is Tom Wark
, and among the directors are Steve Bachmann and Gary Vaynerchuk
.
Wine
Wine is an alcoholic beverage, made of fermented fruit juice, usually from grapes. The natural chemical balance of grapes lets them ferment without the addition of sugars, acids, enzymes, or other nutrients. Grape wine is produced by fermenting crushed grapes using various types of yeast. Yeast...
retail industry who work for the free movement of wine across state lines, whose stated goal is that any adult consumer in any state should be allowed to legally purchase and have shipped to them any wine from any retailer in America. The interests of SWRA lie in direct opposition to those of the Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America
Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America
Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America, Inc. is the industry trade group representing wine and spirits wholesalers in the United States. WSWA is headquartered in Washington, D.C. It was founded in 1943 and has 360 member companies in all 50 states and the District of Columbia...
(WSWA) over the issue of the three-tier alcohol distribution system
Three-tier (alcohol distribution)
The three-tier system of alcohol distribution is the system for distributing alcoholic beverages set up in the United States after the repeal of Prohibition. The three tiers are producers, distributors, and retailers. The basic premise of the system is that producers must sell only to...
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Executive director of the SWRA is Tom Wark
Tom Wark
Tom Wark is an American wine blogger, a public relations professional in the California wine industry, and founder of the American Wine Blog Awards....
, and among the directors are Steve Bachmann and Gary Vaynerchuk
Gary Vaynerchuk
Gary Vaynerchuk is a video blogger, co-owner and director of operations of a wine retail store, and an author and public speaker on the subjects of social media, brand building and e-commerce. Vaynerchuk immigrated to the U.S...
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