Spring breakers in Florida could get access to more bulk-booze options if a state lawmaker can win a years-long fight to liberate the libation’s size restriction.
“In the state of Florida, you are prohibited from purchasing, not owning and drinking … any wine in a bottle larger than one gallon,” Florida state Rep. Chip LaMarca told Fox News. “We should just repeal this bad law and allow people to buy very large bottles of wine.”
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In Florida, selling wine in a container larger than one gallon — except in reusable wine kegs or for manufacturer-to-distributor shipping — is a misdemeanor. A second offense is a felony, which can carry a penalty of up to 60 days in jail.
LaMarca, a Republican, has been trying to push the Individual Wine Containers bill through the Florida legislature for five years. The bill is before the Florida House Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee.
Large wine bottles are often given biblical names such as Jeroboam, Salmanazar and Nebuchadnezzar. Those large containers hold the equivalent of four, 12 and 20 normal 750-milliliter bottles of wine, respectively.
“So a three-liter double magnum or Jeroboam is the biggest you can buy in the state of Florida,” LaMarca said. “You cannot buy a Nebuchadnezzar or a Salmanazar, which is a case to a case and a half in a single bottle.”
H/T Fox News (read more at FoxNews.com)
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