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Gotta quibble with your last sentence there. The repeal of alcohol prohibition set up a system wherein manufacturers could not also directly own retail outlets (more or less). In CO your alcohol sales laws are different than in my state, so I'm not exactly sure how it would shake out given a state by state basis, but the original question seems to imply producers too. Your reply mentions the existence of large and small retail outlets, but that is not really the question at hand.

I'd urge you to look into the trend of consolidation in beer distributors over the last 10 years and how the craft beer movement has played out in your state and others. There are a lot of lessons to be gleaned about how the end of cannabis prohibition might play out.

I think OP's question isn't about where retail jobs might land (of course there will be all sorts of business sizes to fit local markets) but more about how wealthy interests (like Big Tobacco, AB Inbev, etc) might be able to swoop into a fledgling industry and quickly squash the independent producers that made this market possible in the first place. I don't think it takes an economist to understand that, in terms of creating quality jobs, it is more beneficial to have a lot of small-medium sized "players" than a few well oiled corporate entities that leverage their existing infrastructure and lobbying power to achieve market hegemony.

Agree Agree Agree. Wow, you've made my day!

This is the first interaction I've had with a congressional representative that wasn't a pre-filled letter. So cool.

BTW I have family in your district and I guarantee they probably voted for you. :)

• Shout out to the pedantic police I triggered with my "guarantee probably" wordplay! Hey guys! In Language, you can subvert the expected context of your wording for comedic effect! Hey! Wowzers!

Which wine varietals/regions do you think provide the best QPR in the $30ish range?