Consitutional Idiocy #28 - Wine Shipping

Herewith a map showing where one can ship wine legally (Thanks to SpecialtyWineRetailers).
Do you see what I see?
Yup.  Three states - California, DC, and Alaska - thats it.  And even there its tricky - California technically a "Reciprocal" state, but they have a policy of non-enforcement.
The next map shows all the states where you can not ship wine legally
 Pretty nifty, isn't it?  Basically most of the rest of the states. 
The remaining ones are Reciprocal states - "You can ship to me if I can ship to you", and Permit states - "Follow my rules. All of them. And yes, you may as well abandon hope while you are at it".
To put it all together, we have this

Of course, you know the reason for this, right? Section 2 of the 21st Amendment, that sez.
The transportation or importation into any State, Territory, or possession of the United States for delivery or use therein of intoxicating liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby prohibited.
Or, to put it really simply, States can do whatever the hell they want vis-a-vis Wine (and other alcoholic beverages). Ordering Kitty-litter across state lines is OK, but wine is verboten.
Immensely logical, no?
And please don't get started on the "Its an amendment.  The actual Constitution itself is perfect", etc.  Remember this awesome bit from Article 1 Section 2 (emphasis mine)?
Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the several states which may be included within this union, according to their respective numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole number of free persons, including those bound to service for a term of years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons.
If it wasn't for the 14th amendment....

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