Group Wants Wine on Kentucky Grocery Store Shelves WCHS-TV (Huntington/Ashland)
Sep 29th, 09
Could you soon see wine in Kentucky grocery stores? Currently, only beer is available at your local supermarket but one group is hoping that legislators will pass a new law. You can currently buy wine in grocery stores in West Virginia and Ohio.
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Updated: September 29, 2009 5:06pm
Could you soon see wine in Kentucky grocery stores?
Currently, only beer is available at your local supermarket but one group is hoping that legislators will pass a new law. You can currently buy wine in grocery stores in West Virginia and Ohio.
The state's Wine with Food Coalition says it would generate an additional $84 million in revenue without raising taxes.
The bill would not change current alcohol laws and would not put the alcohol on store shelves in dry counties.
Many in the Bluegrass State think its a good idea and say it's an inconvenince not being able to buy it now at the supermarket. "It truly is to have to make a stop at another store, especially when picking up beer for your husband and you want a bottle of wine and have to go to another store," commented Paulette York of Boyd County.
For more information and to sign a petition, log on to winewithfood.org.
