They’re completely broke - and they’ve probably been effectively [actuarially] broke for decades now - and there isn’t enough tax revenue in the entire Midwest [much less just the state of Illinois] to save them.
Either the Fed throws them a trillion in fake money [maybe Rahmbo can call in some favors with Yellen and Fischer, the way that Blankfein was able to do with Timmy Geithner back in 2008], or else Chicago and the state of Illinois will assume room temperature in the very near future.
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We’re on the verge of a government shutdown in Illinois, I would hope our pols had bigger fish to fry rather than worrying about wine.
If I buy from retailers or wineries that can’t ship to NJ, I have the wine shipped to Portland Wine Storage in Oregon. They then ship it to me, usually after consolidating several shipments. Yes, it adds a few bucks to the cost but I get my wine without any problem. There are plenty of facilities like PWS all over the country. You might have to do some legwork to figure out if they can receive from your favorite areas and then ship to your state, but it’s worth it.
has anyone actually seen impact of this in illinois? as of yet, all my regular wine clubs, etc seem unaffected. crossing my fingers that this is the norm.
Yes, several retailers will no longer ship here.
+1, such as K&L or Wine Library. Those that still will shall remain nameless as Big Brother is probably watching.
I got a shipment through the Fedex cold storage shipping. Go figure.
… but will Hart Davis Hart still ship out? (that’s rhetorical)
Friggin’ politicians. ![[swearing.gif]](/uploads/db3686/original/2X/8/8a0d3f3461d40641d294442fc2be78039bf94d19.gif "[swearing.gif]"){kind=small}
And the voters.
Everyone seems to think that money grows on trees.
Well, actually, back when money was made of paper, I guess it did grow on trees. In fact, it seems like maybe the Sonic fast food restaurant chain used that joke in a television commercial.
Anyway, if they’re already borrowing a billion to make a pension fund payment, then this story does not have a happy ending.
One way or another, it all ends in disaster.
Cracking down on tax revenue from booze will be like a day at the beach compared to what’s coming.
Got my Marcassin allocation and IL is no longer on the shipping list- have to contact Wine Country for shipping.
Forgive my naivety, but what makes this arrangement legal; the fact that it’s not direct?
I dont see how this thread helps anyone.
I suppose- used to just be direct from them, but IL is no longer on the list.
It’s a warning that they might get screwed on out of state purchases.
Well I guess it doesn’t help the folks who like to bury their heads in the sand in search of skittles defecated by unicorns.
Wow, first out-of-state retailers, but if producers are now refusing to ship, that means I’m going to have to start buying local. Yikes. Where will I get my Scherrer??!?!?!?!?!?!?
jay, I thought winery direct shipments were kosher?
Don’t know if this makes any difference, but there are some wineries that aren’t licensed to ship direct to certain states. There are several we buy from in California that we have to use a proxy service - Portland Wine Storage. They can then consolidate and ship to us in NJ. It could also be that Jay’s ‘allocation’ is coming through the retailer Wine Country, as in he ordered through them instead of direct and is just using the term ‘allocation’ in this instance.
Who has their head buried ?