Kentucky is one of 18 states that does not allow wine sales in grocery stores, and it also doesn't alow shipping wine to residential locations. A coalition is looking to make changes that will allow for sales of wine in Kentucky grocery stores soon.
The Kentucky Food with Wine Coalition announced December 16th that more than 100 Kentucky supermarkets will hold a petition drive to gauge support for allowing them to sell wine.
The goal is to demonstrate that consumers across that state want to see this law change. But traditional liquor stores don't want grocery stores jumping on their bandwagon.
As Kentucky farmers make the switch from traditional crops (tobacco) to grape and wine production, allowing wine sales in groceries will be e benefit to Kentucky's agriculture industry.
If you are from Kentucky, contact them and let them know you support changing the law to allow for sales of wine in groceries. They can be contacted at:
Luke B. Schmidt
Food with Wine Coalition
P.O. Box 1311 Prospect, Ky 40059
foodwithwine.org
Email:mailto:join@foodwithwine.org
502-292-2898
Kentucky Pushes for Wine Sales in Groceries
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