"...They won't wait until the weekend to make a special trip out here. It would certainly be a benefit for them to go online and click a mouse to order a bottle of wine rather than making the trip."

But right now it's illegal to do that in Georgia - one of only a handful of states in the country that does not allow online shipping sales of wine to consumers. However, this could all change very soon by way of a bill passed last month by the General Assembly which would allow Still Pond and other Georgia wineries to sell their products over the world wide web.

"What we're talking about is House Bill 1061. It would sort of bring us into the 21st century, along with some of our neighboring states, in allowing us to ship wine to customers," says Cowart.

If Governor Perdue give his approval on the bill, it would allow consumers 21-years-of-age and older to order up to 12 cases of wine online - provided an age verification and an adult signature upon delivery. 

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