FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentuckians craving some Napa Valley wine could be in luck. 

A Kentucky Senate committee passed a bill that would allow out-of-state wineries to ship to your doorstep. 

This isn’t the first time Kentucky has seen this bill, an almost identical one passed during the Senate during the 2019 Session but never received a vote in the House. 

Senate Bill 281 would allow for out-of-state wineries and in-state wineries to ship directly to Kentuckian's doors. Each Kentuckian would be eligible to have 24-nine liter cases shipped to them annually from a single shipper. 

The winery would have to obtain a direct shipping license through the state. 

Supports of the measure say it’s time to bring Kentucky in line with 45 other states that allow wine shipments. 

“Those constituents that contacted me from last session were from Jefferson County, Fayette, Taylor, Boyd, Madison, and Nelson just to be a few continuing to ask why we still have archaic laws that allow 45 other states to do so and Kentucky is on an island of five,” said bill sponsor Sen. Max Wise, R-Campbellsville. 

Opponents, however, took issue with several components of the measure, including not requiring carrier reporting from the companies, and not charging a wholesaler tax that alcohol companies in the three-tier system currently are subject to. 

“We are not opposed to all shipping, which may surprise some of you in the room,” said Charles George, Executive Director of the Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of Kentucky. “But just think we have to make sure we have the proper accountability measures in place to ensure the product is taxed and Licensed and that Kentuckians protected while still getting those additional products that they want” 

The measure passed out committee despite some lawmakers saying they wanted to see spirits included in the list of eligible alcohol to be shipped. 

The Kentucky Distillers Association says allowing spirits to be shipped would bring parity among the industry. 

A measure allowing for shipping of all alcohol — wine, spirits, and bee r—will be heard in a House committee Wednesday morning.