Foreword
It’s not easy being a wine connoisseur in Michigan — at least, according to Eleanor Heald. In March 2000, she and a group of 12 other wine critics and aficionados joined a small California winery in filing suit challenging a Michigan law prohibiting direct shipment to State residents of wine from out-of-State vineyards.Like many States, Michigan has a three-tiered system of alcohol distribution — from producers to wholesalers to retailers. For a wine reviewer like Heald, this presented a problem, as many of the wines she wanted to sample were not offered in Michigan stores. But ordering unavailable wines directly…
