Traveling Vineyard 2005 ruling "Granholm v. Heald", the Supreme Court held that Michigan and New York states violated the Dormant Commerce clause by permitting in-state wineries to ship directly to consumers but prohibiting out-of-state wineries to ship directly to consumers. Since then, individual states have been opening their shipping and allowing Traveling Vineyard to grow as a winery. The Wine Institute and Free The Grapes have been instrumental in lobbying for the ability for out-of-state wineries to ship wine directly to consumers. Traveling Vineyard Traveling Vineyard is an American company based in Ipswich, Massachusetts, that uses a direct-selling platform of in-home wine
Dogs in the Vineyard Dogs in the Vineyard Dogs in the Vineyard is an independently published role-playing game loosely based on the history of the Mormons. It was written by D. Vincent Baker and published by Lumpley Games. In the 2004 Indie RPG Awards, "Dogs in the Vineyard" was awarded Indie RPG of the Year and Most Innovative Game. In 2005 it was nominated for a Diana Jones Award for Excellence in Gaming. It generally encourages narrativist play. The game is set in "a West that never quite was"—loosely based on the Mormon State of Deseret in pre-statehood Utah. Players are "God's Watchdogs" ("Dogs"),