This blog originally appeared in BlogYourWine.Com
TOP 10 STRANGE ALCOHOL LAWS

2. Alaska – In Fairbanks, AK, it is illegal to serve an alcoholic beverages to moose. I’m pretty sure Sarah Palin had nothing to do with this law…
2. New York – According to the New York State Liquor Authority, you can buy wine, wine glasses, wine stoppers and corkscrews at a liquor store, but the state of New York prohibits them from selling wine gift bags. Sell a gift bag to a wine buying customer and you’ll be fined $10,000.
3. Colorado – law requires that wine be sold in containers of at least 24 ounces and spirits in containers at least a fifth of a gallon. But, at the same time, it also decrees that no alcohol beverage can be stored in hotel minibars in anything larger than miniature containers.

5. Nebraska – It is illegal for a bar to sell beer unless it is simultaneously brewing a kettle of soup.
6. Iowa – It is still illegal for men to drink beer while they are in bed with their wives…It’s also is illegal to “run a tab” in Iowa.
7. Texas – The entire Encyclopedia Britannica is banned in Texas because it contains a recipe for making beer that could be used at home.

9. Texas and Ohio – The French wine, “Fat Bastard” is banned in both these States as the name is considered offensive..
10. California – No alcohol beverages can be displayed within five feet of a cash register of any store in California that sells both alcohol and motor fuel.