FORT LAUDERDALE – Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a invoice that will allow for larger measurements of wine containers to be bought in Florida.
For the duration of the invoice signing function Thursday at Wine Look at in Fort Lauderdale, DeSantis stated the measure alterations an “anachronistic” regulation that isn’t great for organizations or shoppers.
“We want our buyers to be content,” DeSantis stated. “And if that implies they want to buy and offer a big previous bottle of wine like this, then by golly they’re likely to be equipped to do that in the state of Florida.”
The law, which will go into outcome July 1, will allow wine to be offered in 4.5-, 6-, 9-, 12- and 15-liter glass bottles. Present-day law usually stops the sale of wine in containers that maintain much more than one particular gallon, or about 3.79 liters, but an exemption lets wine to be sold in reusable containers of 5.16 gallons.
Also, distributors and producers are allowed to provide wine to other distributors and producers in containers of any dimensions.
This year’s invoice, spearheaded by Rep. Chip LaMarca, was unanimously handed by the Dwelling. The Senate voted 38-1 to approve it, with Sen. Sen. Clay Yarborough of Jacksonville dissenting.
