At any given time, on any given day, the parking lot of Liquor Mart, located in Logan Township just a few miles from the Commodore Barry Bridge, can be inundated with Pennsylvania license plates

Throw out competing proposals for awarding the next state liquor contract and draft a new bill that draws on the best features of both measures

Finger Lakes and western New York wineries have won top awards in several competitions so far this year

Special interest liquor lobbies have vehemently opposed change

Beer distributors say increased competition from the private sector would create an uneven playing field and hurt business

State senate passes legislation to end government liquor store monopoly, but some wineries fear moving too quickly could create more problems

The Long Island Wine Council is tapping into social media to reach out to a grape-loving audience with new contests, promotions and events.

The Garden State's wine exports have surged 50 percent in the past five years.

A groundbreaking vote in the House last week that approved a bill privatizing the state-run liquor system poses the greatest threat yet to the long-running experiment of a Pennsylvania governor who vowed to forever prohibit the "open saloon."

In a historic vote, the state House passed a bill on Thursday night that would privatize wine and liquor sales and phase out Pennsylvania's state store system

Pennsylvania breweries share a host of concerns about the liquor privatization bill, but they say they won't oppose the legislation.

Former New England Patriots quarterback Drew Bledsoe is joining an effort to convince lawmakers to end a ban on out-of-state shipments of wine to Massachusetts

A Republican plan designed to break down Pennsylvania's Depression-era system of state-owned liquor stores passed a critical test Wednesday

Any fan of wheeling and dealing politics should get themselves down to the Pennsylvania state capitol to watch the cajoling, arm-twisting, and shameless begging associated with Gov. Tom Corbett's attempt to privatize the sale of liquor in the state

Demarest Hill Winery in Warwick

A legislative panel on Monday endorsed a revamped version of Gov. Tom Corbett's liquor privatization bill that would give existing beer distributors first crack at liquor and wine licenses and expand the sale of wine in grocery stores

Lawmakers on the panel charged with determining a path forward for Maine's wholesale liquor business quizzed the state's alcoholic beverages director Monday, asking him how soon the state could strike a new deal, whether it could periodically revisit the terms and how the state could crack down on marketing alcoholic beverages to children

The full House is scheduled to vote on the bill Thursday, and, if approved, the bill would move to the Senate for consideration before going to Corbett.

In addition to 22 educational sessions, program included workshops for new growers and those interested in producing hard cider.

This coming week will be the first test of whether the legislature can finally reach consensus on a plan to privatize the sale of wine and hard liquor in Pennsylvania