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Whining about Wine: The Archaic Laws Many States Still Have on the Books

I'm a wine person. Red wine in particular, though don't ask me to narrow it down more than that. My dear sister, who prefers white wine, recently gave me her wine fridge. She likes her white wine nice and chilly and didn't see how the wine fridge did any better job of keeping her vino cold than her regular refrigerator. Red wine on the other hand needs to be a little warmer. Fifty five degrees is the perfect storage temperature and just below room temperature for serving. So, I got my wine fridge home. I have limited space but, eventually figured out the perfect spot for it, plugged it in and set it to 55 degrees. The fridge fits eight bottles of wine but, sadly I only had one. Now I have one very happy little bottle of wine sitting in the fridge at the perfect storage temperature. However, with seven empty spots my little wine cellar is incomplete. Shortly after I realized my wine shortage I got an email from Williams Sonoma advertising their wine club. I thought, this...