Wandering through the grocery store, you pick up your steak and your potatoes, your sour cream and your seasonings. Now all you need is that special bottle of wine to make it all complete.
Article originally posted by The (Henderson) Gleaner directed to: http://www.courierpress.com/news/2009/oct/02/petition/
By Victoria Grabner
The Gleaner
October 2, 2009
Wandering through the grocery store, you pick up your steak and your potatoes, your sour cream and your seasonings. Now all you need is that special bottle of wine to make it all complete.
But wait. You can’t buy wine at grocery stores in Kentucky, despite the fact that 34 other states – including Indiana – allow you to do so.
That’s why a group of grocers have lobbied together to change that Prohibition-era law, the intent of which was to prevent places that sold food from selling wine.
So said Luke Schmidt, a consultant who is asking those who support the sale of wine in grocery stores to sign an online petition atwww.foodwithwine.org.
“Kentuckians continue to ask their local grocers why they can’t purchase wine where they shop for food,” he said.
Schmidt acknowledged that liquor store owners and some religious groups may not support the change in the law, which should be brought before the legislature in January.