[KarlInOhio]

I've lost that tiny grain of respect I had for the French. A $2 per liter wine dispenser (bring your own plastic jug)? Do they make the rose like gas stations make mid-grade gasoline by mixing the two other varieties stored there?

And I had a hard time understanding this from Pennsylvania:

To offer convenience to shoppers, the Keystone State is now selling wine through state-run vending machines located at a few Giant and Wegmans supermarkets. First you must scan your ID and blow into a Breathalyzer. A state employee—watching remotely through a camera—checks your test results and identification, then approves the transaction. Or doesn't.

So you have to go to a state store (or now a state run kiosk) to even get wine? Even in the Nanny State of Ohio we can get our own beer and wine at the grocery (liquor licenses are more limited).

[Graybeard58]

So you have to go to a state store (or now a state run kiosk) to even get wine?

It was that way in 1967 when I lived there and I understand that it's still the same, the state has a monopoly on the package liquor industry.