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More wackiness in the three-tier system

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More wackiness in the three-tier system

Manufacturer-wholesaler lawsuit shows just how Kafkaesque the whole thing is

Jeff Siegel
Mar 27, 2023
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Portrait of Franz Kafka
"A producer suing a wholesaler? Not even I would have thought of that."

The three-tier system, the set of rules regulating how wine is sold in the U.S., has always taken the term Kafkaesque and turned it on its head. Which is saying something, given what Kafkaesque means.

But one recent development is even more Kafkaesque than that.

The second biggest whol…

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