This quote is straight from the Washington Wine Commission...
"I urge you to vote no on Initiative 1100. Most people think I-1100 simply allows private retailers to sell liquor instead of state liquor stores. In fact, if I-1100 is passed, it could have devastating impacts on our winery and on the majority of Washington wineries which are almost all small businesses. Our current laws enable small wineries like mine to compete with national and international brands by ensuring equal access to the marketplace. This creates a vibrant, highly competitive domestic industry that benefits consumers with incredible choice and value at every price point. The success of our industry also benefits the general public, as Washington wineries contribute $4.7 billion to the state’s economy and provide nearly 20,000 jobs.
I-1100 repeals ALL of the equal access to market provisions in our current laws, and goes further than any other state in the country to deregulate wine distribution. We'd like to be able to continue to compete based on the quality of our product, not the size of our bank book. Please support your local wineries and vote no on I-1100."
In additon to this it leave the option for all wineries to have to use a distributor. Which would really suck for a lot of the small wineries out there...Harbinger included. We do our own distribution as we tried to use a distributor and our outside sales dropped about 90%!
Not kidding.
Kind Regards,
Sara Gagnon
Harbinger Winery
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