“I cannot believe we’re still fighting for wine in grocery stores in the year 2012!!”
We have the same thing in Minnesota. For a number of years, the grocery lobby has been trying to get the Legislature to allow wine sales in their stores.
Each year, the bill dies in committee - no matter whether Dems or Reps control the Legisalture..
We lived in Las Vegas for over 10 years, where grocery stores sell any and all brands of beer, wine, and licker 24/7. Then moved on the Texas, where the Baptists were in control, and we had to drive to Dallas to Industrial Avenue to buy bottled alcohol. But if you wanted to drink in a local establishment, you had to “join the club” for a small fee. It’s barbaric. Open it up to anytime sales everywhere.