wine and liquor law

snipped-for-privacy@webtv.net (Kroger Bobb) wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@storefull-3177.bay.webtv.net:

Not in the civilized world (and that includes everywhere that I have ever been) Joseph Coulter Cruises and Vacations

Never heard of it. Sounds like an Urban Legend in the making.

However, it is true (in these parts) that you may not take home the remaining half bottle of wine you purchased at a restaurant after your meal. This has to do with laws about selling wine and taxes and stuff like that. However, it is permitted for the restaurant to keep it for you, and serve it to you the next time you come.

Jos

Certainly never heard of a liquor board law like this. But I did have a somewhat similar thing happen, just by restaurant owner, not by authorities:

I think in Florida you can take the rest home, but not in an open container. The restaurant seals it in a bag.

I've never heard of such a law, but if it exists, it will exist in a particular state or municiplaity, *not* everywhere.

burris wrote in news:SbednZOyVJM3HOfeRVn- snipped-for-privacy@comcast.com:

yup it is a new law that has it's one of it's originators under the gun by his more conservative opponent in the next year's election.

Joseph Coulter wrote in reply to Kroger Bob Seifert

Hey Joe, Chassahowitzka?

I'm a little Weeki Wachee, but otherwise Homosassa! ;-))

(See, I've been to some real civilised [note correct spelling] places too! )

Bet you've never been to Gingindlovu, Zululand !!!!!

Was there in '79 en route to Hluhluwe, shooting white rhino (with a large bore Nikon).

Now there was a real civilised place - I am not joking; we ate( boerewors on the braai); drank (flasks of Oom Tas) and slept on the floor (after the boerewors and Oom Tas, a sensible place to sleep!!!!)

No liquor licensing issues there - no restaurant either!!!!!

Interesting "law." Was this in US, and if so, what state? I've experienced some strange ones, but not this.

In AZ, the ability to take home the remainder has just been passed. Don't know the details yet. In Hawai'i, we always took home the left-overs, with no problem. The bottle had the cork wedged back in, and we carried the bottle, sans bag.

In AZ, the laws on "corkage" remain vague, at best. If the restaurant has more than seating for 40 [someone correct me, if the # is wrong], a patron cannot bring in their own bottle, though some restaurants [I will not divulge any names], have no problem with it. The state sets this limit. In places without a liquor license, there does not seem to be a problem, and many advertise BYOW. Several places even keep patrons' Riedel, or similar, glasses for use with these wines. This is also true in some places that serve wine, but I have never counted the chairs. It all seems to be at the discretion of the management, as to how they interpret the law.

Now, if AZ would only allow interstate shipping.... oh well, we've only been a state for 115 years, so it may happen one day.

It would be interesting to chart how each state handles BYOW and the like.

Hunt

Most laws governing sale and consumption of liquor in the US are established by state and local jurisdiction.

Some allow no liquor. Some differentiate between >From snipped-for-privacy@webtv.net

"st.helier" wrote in news:wKxef.1577$ snipped-for-privacy@news.xtra.co.nz:

OK should have read not in any of the civili(z/s)ed places to which I have personally been and engaged in the pursuit of fine and not so fine wine.Thus leaving out Trollslyvania the place from which this thread most likely originated anyway.

By the way, bought the 2 bottle of Frederic Emile and had one Monday night. a little petrol nose, great rdry riesling simply elelgant wine. (left 'er on the table though)

I believe that 40 is correct.

How many years?

Oops, you got me there - 93 years! Sorry, I was thinking of my wife's hospital's anniversary. OK, maybe when it HAS been a state for 115 years, it will have reciprocal shipping... well, maybe not.

Thanks for the confirmation re: seating, and correction on statehood, Hunt

"Kroger Bobb" skrev i melding news: snipped-for-privacy@storefull-3177.bay.webtv.net...

I've heard of that before - Utah? another rule was that it was illegal to have bottles standing on the table - so people put the cork in and laid the bottles... Maybe Urban Legends both? A story from Norway 50 years ago tells that alcohol at mountain resort hotel bars were out of bounds for the local people (this was in otherwise dry counties), so the premises were split in two with ropes fencing in the tourist area where booze was allowed... Anders

LOL!

You're welcome.