Florida lawmaker aims to liberate wine container restrictions, wants to let 'people to buy very large bottles'

Spring breakers successful Florida could get entree to much bulk-booze options if a authorities lawmaker tin triumph a years-long conflict to liberate nan libation's size restriction.

"In nan authorities of Florida, you are prohibited from purchasing, not owning and drinking … immoderate vino successful a vessel larger than 1 gallon," Florida authorities Rep. Chip LaMarca told Fox News. "We should conscionable repeal this bad rule and let group to bargain very ample bottles of wine."

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In Florida, trading vino successful a instrumentality larger than 1 gallon — isolated from successful reusable vino kegs aliases for manufacturer-to-distributor shipping — is simply a misdemeanor. A 2nd discourtesy is simply a felony, which tin transportation a punishment of up to 60 days successful jail. 

LaMarca, a Republican, has been trying to push nan Individual Wine Containers measure done nan Florida legislature for 5 years. The measure is earlier nan Florida House Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee.

Two men assistance a15 litre Nebuchadnezzar vessel of wine. ((Photo by Gareth Fuller/PA Images via Getty Images))

Large vino bottles are often fixed biblical names specified arsenic Jeroboam, Salmanazar and Nebuchadnezzar. Those ample containers clasp nan balanced of four, 12 and 20 normal 750-milliliter bottles of wine, respectively.

"So a three-liter double magnum aliases Jeroboam is nan biggest you tin bargain successful nan authorities of Florida," LaMarca said. "You cannot bargain a Nebuchadnezzar aliases a Salmanazar, which is simply a lawsuit to a lawsuit and a half successful a azygous bottle."

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Though bottles containing much than 1 gallon of vino are usually uncommon and expensive, this measure would alteration wine boxes to summation successful size arsenic well. 

"They're benignant of novelty bottles, deliberation wedding, barroom mitzvah, a ample get-together," LaMarca told Fox News. "It's astir state to beryllium capable to acquisition a ineligible constituent successful a larger container."

Man holds what appears to beryllium a Salmanazar of champagne (Photo by Marcus Brandt/picture confederation via Getty Images)

Purchasing vino successful ample containers arsenic opposed to smaller individual containers besides reduces waste. 

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"I deliberation it's an biology measure arsenic well," LaMarca told Fox News. "We're redeeming 12 individual bottles by buying 1 ample bottle."

"The authorities of Florida is each astir state these days," he said. "We shouldn't person a prohibition and thing truthful ridiculous."

To watch LaMarca's afloat interview, click here.