ASHLAND, KY — The Food and Wine Coalition is pushing for wine to be sold in grocery stores in Kentucky.
Members of the coalition gathered in Ashland Tuesday to announce the launching of an online petition. They want to change the existing state law to allow grocery stores to sell wine in counties that also allow the sale of alcoholic beverages by the package.
Updated Tuesday, September 29, 2009; 06:45 PM
| Those who want to sign the petition can go to www.foodwithwine.org.
By Latasha Hughes ASHLAND, KY — The Food and Wine Coalition is pushing for wine to be sold in grocery stores in Kentucky. Members of the coalition gathered in Ashland Tuesday to announce the launching of an online petition. They want to change the existing state law to allow grocery stores to sell wine in counties that also allow the sale of alcoholic beverages by the package. “It expands the choice for the consumer in the market place. It expands competition, said Luke Schmidt, Food with Wine Coalition member. “It increases tax revenue for the state to the tune of $84 million over the first 5 years and it will benefit Kentucky’s growing wine industry because it will give those wineries 400 new sales outlets.” Kentuckians can visit www.foodwithwine.org and click on the Sign the Petition link to sign the petition.
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