Ryan at VineSugar, has a great post on his site today that points to an article in the Philly Inquirer about Pennsylvania's seriously outdated liquor laws.
Ryan is a PA native. I'm a PA native. We both remember the pain of living under the evil regime...and we're both thankful for living in other states now.
PA may have voted for John Kerry (a big plus), but PA has some of the worst liquor laws in the country. I know people that have resorted to buying cases of "olive oil" from California wineries...just to get some decents wines for their cellars.
At least we're not Ohio.
To the Supreme Court...lift the ban in interstate shipping. Consumers will win big...throughout the country.
Hey, I just saw a bottle of caymus napa cab in my grocery store tonight. Nuthin' wrong with Ohio in terms of liquor laws and convenience. Now the whole election thing, what can I say...looking at the returns from the state, I think its safe to assume the Bush voters weren't ordering any 'olive oil'...
Posted by: Rob | December 11, 2004 at 08:27 PM
I don't know what aspect of buying wine in Ohio you don't like, but I think the selection is good, except for the inability to ship in wines from small wineries from California. (Hell, as a wine store owner, I can't even ship wines out of state to customers!) But the biggest problem I see is the mandatory mark up at the wholesale and retail levels. Soon, it will all change. Lower margins and greater values. If my customers drink more and better wines, that's great.
Posted by: jens | December 16, 2004 at 09:27 AM