(Forbes) - A few weeks ago the Supreme Court agreed to hear in early 2019 Tennessee v Byrd, a Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals decision that erupted into a small volcano of speculation among wine industry promoters and marketers. To find out if the explosion is warranted, I asked Tom Wark.

Based in Napa, Wark has been in wine marketing and public relations since 1990. For the past eleven years, he has been the executive director of the National Association of Wine Retailers, an organization of retailers that seeks to fix the regulated beverage alcohol market. He is also a blogger and the founder of the annual Wine Bloggers Conference.