Ron DeSantis signs bill allowing stores in Florida to sell giant bottles of wine
- The legislation allows the sale of super-sized bottles of wine at retail
- Glass bottles can hold eight or even twenty standard bottles of wine
- “Some tannins, right?”
This law may age better than his fight with Disney. Or at least keep Florida red.
A day after settling his ongoing lawsuit with the Walt Disney Company, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed legislation to allow retailers to sell giant bottles of wine.
Current state law limits sales to bottles containing one liter or less of the liquor.
Now the bottle sizes are getting bigger. A lot bigger.
The law establishes measurements that are of biblical proportions and eliminates legal definitions. Advocates say trade has been stifled.
They are the Rehoboan, six bottles worth; the Methuselah, which amounts to no less than eight bottles; the Salmanazar, for 12 bottles; and the enormous Nebuchadnezzar, for twenty bottles.
Cheers! Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed legislation to allow the sale of super-sized bottles of wine
That amounts to almost four liters of wine – enough to fuel a wedding or retirement party, or even a campaign event at Mar-a-Lago.
DeSantis signed the legislation, under pressure from Republican state Rep. Chip LaMarca. He described it as a common-sense way to cut red tape after fueling his failed presidential campaign with culture war moves.
He organized the event at a wine shop in front of a large sign that read Carpe Vinum, which means “enjoy wine.”
“We want our consumers to be happy,” DeSantis said. And if that means they want to buy and sell a big old bottle of wine, then they can certainly do that in the state of Florida.”
“There was really no public policy reason why we should have this arrangement,” DeSantis said Sun Sentinel reported.
“There was really no public policy reason why we should have this ordinance,” DeSantis said
ID check: DeSantis spoke about the love some of the country’s founders had for wine
The bottles come in at four gallons
The history buff said wine was “near and dear” to some of the country’s founding fathers, mentioning George Washington (who also set up a distillery on Mt. Vernon).
Then the former candidate, who struggled to connect with Iowans as he battled totalitarian President Donald Trump, spilled a bit of his oenophilia.
“Some tannins, right?” he gushed after taking a sip of red wine. Then he joked that it was ‘usually not part of my morning routine, just so everyone knows.’
The law takes effect July 1 and also allows distributors and manufacturers to sell wine to each other in containers of any size.