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Good! It’s about time the parochial liquor industry in Indiana and its smug protectionist ideology be challenged.
Amen! Too bad the one person with the power to do it easily, the Speaker of the House, is just like the old one.
Spent part of the winter in Florida this year, just a few blocks from a Total Wine store. I will have to say they are an amazingly large store, but it was a waste of time going into the place. It would take me an hour to pick out 6 half way decent bottles of wine. I had to use a smart phone app to know what might be in the bottle, and even then half of what I bought was just plonk.
The small specialty wine stores like you would find in Zionsville or Fishers will have no problem standing up to these guys because they actually curate their selection of wine, rather than just stocking the shelves with just anything that happens to be in a bottle and called wine.
Don’t waste your time, your money, or your tastebuds on Total Wine.
You must be a member of the state liquor mafia … ?
While living in Northern Virginia my wife and I shopped at Total Wine and found both the vast selection and lower prices unmatched anywhere else. And because the U.S. Supreme Court has already ruled that state residency requirements for liquor store ownership are unconstitutional, there is virtually no way Indiana will prevail in this lawsuit. Only wish I could place a wager with Fan Duel on the outcome!
#DM your point is well taken and proves that there is a place of all sorts of stores in a particular area. The smaller stores you suggest can offer options the big boxes cannot however that is not a reason to bar them from coming to town. Each of us can make our own decision if our time, money, tastebuds and do not need some political hack from making it for us.
I,too, haves shopped Total wines in Florida and found their selection outstanding. In seeking help for a selection I told the clerk what I had tasted and enjoyed in the past. They found the label I wanted and when asked they offered their advice on similar wines I might enjoy. I was pleased they offered suggestions both above and below my price point. I have not found those labels in Indiana.
Sadly the state will spend no telling how much of the public’s money defending a law ruled unconstitutional. Shame on the general assembly this year faced with this situation they continued to pander to the local liquor store lobby instead of doing their job. Will be interesting to see the $$’s the liquor lobby spent this year when the reports come out.
#DM your point is well taken and proves that there is a place of all sorts of stores in a particular area. The smaller stores you suggest can offer options the big boxes cannot however that is not a reason to bar them from coming to town. Each of us can make our own decision if our time, money, tastebuds and do not need some political hack from making it for us.