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Trying to buy wine or liquor from the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board’s online store these days is a lot like playing the lottery. The odds are against you in being able to buy your favorite wine or spirits from the state’s website. Gov. Tom Wolf closed the brick-and-mortar retail liquor stores on March 17 due to the coronavirus outbreak. Last week, the state resumed online sales but it’s been an exercise in frustration for many who want to buy booze. With demand for these products is outstripping the PLCB’s ability to accept and process orders, the talk about privatizing all or...

Harrisburg – After consultation with the Wolf Administration and Pennsylvania Department of Health, today the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board announced the indefinite closure of all Fine Wine & Good Spirits stores and licensee service centers, effective at 9:00 PM Tuesday, March 17, to help slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Additionally, sales at www.FineWineAndGoodSpirits.comOpens In A New Window will cease at 5:00 PM today.

Pa Governor has on short notice closed the Pa unionized liquor licensed stores, which in PA are the only stores. This will cause these horrible bums to be paid while not working and get votes for the worst in life governor. We in PA need your support in defying this ban, which is a socialist government ban on free trade. Here is the number of the PR person for the PLCB (1 717 919 1905 Liquor Board) Elizabeth Brassel and the PA gov's number is 1-717-787-2500 These jerks need a lot of calls. Thanks for your help George

SUMMERSVILLE, W.Va. (AP) -- Tired of tourists' constant questions about where to get hold of some moonshine, vintner Rodney Facemire decided to build his own - legal distillery. "They kept asking where they could buy some illegal moonshine, and I couldn't tell them," Facemire said. "I had no idea!" Despite producing Southern Moon Corn Liquor at his federally licensed distillery in Nicholas County since 2002, Facemire has had trouble getting it into the hands of the very tourists who are so eager to get a taste of the legendary beverage. While Facemire is free to sell his Kirkwood wine from...

Rep. Steve Barrar (R-160) will introduce a resolution in the General Assembly requiring the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (LCB) prohibit state stores from carrying and selling imported French wines. "I am tired of America always being there for the French through the 60 years of the Cold War, and with billions of dollars in aid," Barrar said.