(Wine Searcher) - Part One of our insight into the seminal Supreme Court hearing, Part Two tomorrow.

The Tennessee wine case that the US Supreme Court will hear this month could be a Very Big Deal for wine lovers, so much so that Wine-Searcher is sending me to Washington DC to cover the oral arguments.

Wine lovers hope the Court will allow people in most of the country to order wine from out-of-state retailers. That's one possible outcome. It's also possible the court could backpedal from its last major wine case and allow states to put up more restrictions. Or, the Court could decide the case narrowly, bringing great joy to Total Wine and one family in Memphis while saying little to the rest of the nation.