The new store, at nearly 12,000 square feet, doubles the size of the wine and spirits store it replaces in the Miracle Mile Shopping Center.

Currently, the number of liquor licenses for bars, restaurants and liquor stores is determined by municipal population

This is far from the death knell of Internet wine marketing platforms in New York; indeed, the SLA went out of its way to acknowledge that the Internet, and Internet marketing, is of vital importance

It only took two years, but it appears that Gov. Tom Corbett has finally 'fessed up about why he persists in trying to dismantle Pennsylvania's wine and spirits shops: he really likes his job

Opened last year before the end of the Hamptons season, Société du Vin is a "wine country club" where the wealthy can store their vintage wines and hang out.

Gov. Tom Corbett's proposal that uses money from the sale of the state's liquor system for educational programs isn't a bad idea, but Rep. Jerry Knowles, R-Schuylkill, said his is better.

Morgen McLaughlin, who has led the Finger Lakes Wine Country marketing organization since 2007, is taking a job in California.

The lavishly decorated Société du Vin, owned by Houston Rockets owner Leslie Alexander, will open in Bridgehampton, where the elite think nothing of plunking down millions of dollars for a beach shack and $1 million for golf-club memberships

Twenty years ago, no one would have thought of South Jersey as a valuable wine growing region

and lots of other excitement in New York wine country.

Eddie Edwards is planning to enter the private sector as a consultant

"It's two very large companies trying to monopolize the fine wine market by squeezing us out."

Morgen McLaughlin, who has led the Finger Lakes Wine Country marketing organization since 2007, is taking a job in California

New York wine distributors are fighting to stop a State Senate bill that they fear would drive many out of business and force up prices for the end consumer.

Texas wineries competed with more than 3,500 wines from all 50 states, four Canadian provinces and 20 countries to earn the acclaim of wine judges at the Finger Lakes International Wine Competition.

In recent years, many restaurants have made significant upgrades to their wine-by-the-glass programs. The upgrades to the wine-by-the-glass experience include increased selection, more unconventional wines, higher-quality glassware and the introduction of preservation systems that keep wines fresh after opening.

One of the cornerstones of Pennsylvania wines is Denise Gardner, who's nearing the completion of her second year as the state's enologist

It's two very large companies trying to monopolize the fine wine market by squeezing us out."

Boundary Breaks Vineyard, which opened in January in Lodi, Seneca County, makes all of its wines from single vineyards and most of them from single clones.

Senate bill 2013-S 592, sponsored by Senator Maryellen Goodwin (D-Dist. 1, Providence), would make the crime a felony punishable by up to five years in prison.