Update: March 26, 2026

Dear Wine Lovers of New Jersey,

We anticipate an opportunity to push legislation that would improve your access to the wines you love! This would remove the capacity cap restrictions around winery-to-consumer direct shipping to NJ-based wine lovers. New Jersey is the only state that bans winery-to-consumer shipments from wineries producing more than 250,000 gallons each vintage, which equates to 106,000 cases. (Note: 106,000 cases in production is considered a medium-sized winery). It also prohibits small and medium-sized wineries owned by larger parent companies (whose collective production is over the capacity cap) from shipping directly to you. The end result: this cap prevents winery-to-consumer shipping from wineries responsible for producing more than 90% of U.S. wine!

As a wine-loving consumer, this means that you are not able to have wine shipped to you from any of these wineries. In practice, you wouldn’t be able to join their wine club or have wine purchases shipped home after a visit to the winery.

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Help us show that wine lovers in New Jersey are fed up with these restrictions!

Thank you,

Free the Grapes!