Wine selection may seem dubious in the etiquette-rich legal atmosphere. Do you go for a full-bodied substantive, or a procedural approach of cascading flavors? However, wine selection for the 21st Amendment is simple.
Set in the context of
early post-prohibition, Section 2 of the 21st Amendment states: “The transportation or importation into any
state, territory, or possession of the United States for delivery or use
therein of intoxicating liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby
prohibited.” Thus the amendment allowed states the rights independently to
regulate a fresh non-contraband, for instance the red dot stores in South Carolina
where any
business selling alcoholic beverages looks like it has mega-measles. Smokey
and the Bandit wouldn’t have a plot if it weren’t for the 21st
Amendment.
The potential of this
section of the Constitution is that you could purchase wine directly from a Napa vineyard, but you might not be allowed to bring it to Florida. Setting aside niggling free trade issues
among states, the best wine to serve with the 21st Amendment is wine from your
own state.
