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Tom Wark is a wine writer, wine public relations company owner (Wark Communications), and our trusted resource for figuring out what is going on with the US wine industry and how it affects us, as wine drinkers. In his role as the executive director of the National Association of Wine Retailers, he manages and helps direct lobbying,\\xa0litigation, and membership strategy and management for the retailers in the US and in that role has really helped dissect and expose some of the logistical and really cultural issues around wine in the US. He is the author of \\u201cFermentation: The Daily Wine Blog\\u201d.
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Photo: Tom Wark.
Source: "Fermentation Blog"
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In this show we discuss a variety of topics, including the recent threat to US interstate wine shipping from the Uniform Law Commission. The bulk of our conversation revolves around the historical legacy of alcohol Prohibition in the US and the damage it caused to the way alcohol is sold, marketing and viewed in the United States.
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Our main topics for the show:
The Crusaders were a group that fought to repeal Prohibition in the 1930s.
Photo: Smithsonian Institute
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