Just in case you CARE’d to know, we have SWRA executive director Tom Wark (also of Wark Communications and Fermentation: The Daily Wine Blog) come on and give his take about H.R. 5034, the bill that some predict would bring an end to direct wine shipments. As counter-point, we have comments from Craig Wolf, president and CEO of the Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America, who weighs in on why he believes keeping state regulation of alcohol out of the courts is a good thing.

Propaganda flying back and forth at a furious pace! It’s politics! It’s passion! All that and Facebook fan pages too!

To finish, we slot in the second Dave Homewood interview from the Carneros show last week!