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says he doesn’t think the new law . will end Virginia’s burgeoning wine industry.
“I think it will have some temporary effect,” East said. “In the long run, my hope is that we will learn to work ... within the system.”
But he added, “It’s probably a gut check -for anyone who is thinking about getting in deeper or getting in at all.”
As a new player on Rappahannock’s wine scene, Pross says distribution fees can be intimidating for young wineries.
“It’s such an expensive business to start up, to think of having to pay 30 percent of your margin to a distributor is pretty tough,” he said.
Rappahannock Cellars in Huntly is the largest winery in the county. It has been using a distributor for about two years and will likely see little effect of the new law. But owner John Delmare says he expects times to be tougher for small wineries working to make a name for themselves.
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