(Wines&Vines) - After we published last month the welcome news that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie had signed into law the long-sought legislation allowing direct-to-consumer wine shipments from within and outside the state, one reader commented that the cost for a permit was too high. At the time, Steve Gross at California’s Wine Institute told Wines & Vines he was disappointed that the new law limited DTC shipments to wineries producing less than 250,000 gallons per year—just under 106,000 cases.