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5月16日，美國最高法院通過提案，宣布解除禁止消費者在外州的葡萄園直接采購葡萄酒的規定，此舉打破了美國葡萄酒經銷商的貿易壁壘，使消費者可以通過網絡或親自到葡萄酒釀造地去，把價格優惠的美酒成車地往家拉。外電報道如下：Wine lovers can't be barred from shipping home bottles purchased from out-of-state vineyards they visit in person or on the Internet, the Supreme Court said Monday in a decision toasted by the wine industry.
The 5-4 ruling struck down laws in New York and Michigan as discriminatory because they allow in-state wineries, but not out-of-state businesses, to ship directly to consumers. It means that as many as 24 states that currently bar out-of-state shipments will have to revise their laws so wineries are treated equally.
The decision was cheered by wine lovers who said it would promote Internet sales around the country, leading to lower prices and more choices.
"This is the best day for wine lovers since the invention of the corkscrew," said Clint Bolick, counsel for the Institute for Justice, which represented local wineries in the dispute.
Out-of-state表示“外州的、與外州有關的或從外州來的”，而in-state就表示“州內的，本州的”了。
（中國日報網站編）
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