Specifically, 65% of the stores’ sales would have to come from food-related products ... Previous attempts to allow the sale of wine in grocery stores were made in 2008-2009 under then-Governor David Paterson ... Wine is 'not just another grocery item'.
If New York lawmakers decide to allow wine sales in grocery stores, they could be uncorking an array of unintended consequences ... able to handle the hit from another 20% or 30% decrease in wine sales.”.
French PresidentEmmanuel Macron insisted Monday that ripping up unprofitable grape vines was a necessary part of revitalising the flagging wine sector which he promised to defend ....