Steve Clarkson
12-22-2008, 11:10 PM
This is a little OT....but I thought it would be of interest:
This happened in Henrietta, New York today:
If you've ever bought a bottle of wine as a gift, the easiest way to present the wine would be in a simple wine gift bag.
You'd think the two things go together, but it turns out that the state of New York prohibits wine stores from selling wine gift bags. A liquor store in the Rochester area has been fined $10,000 for selling the bags.
No one seems to understand what the law entails, but it’s clear the state will enforce it.
At liquor stores in NY you can buy wine, wine glasses, wine stoppers and corkscrews -- but state law says they can’t sell gift bags to put their wine in.
Now the state doesn't care if wine stores give wine gift bags away, but the moment they try to sell them, it constitutes -- according to the State Liquor Authority -- running a second business, worthy of a $10,000 fine.
In the meantime, it might not make sense to you, but you'll have to buy your wine in one place -- and your wine gift bags in another.
I wonder if that includes wineboxes too?
This happened in Henrietta, New York today:
If you've ever bought a bottle of wine as a gift, the easiest way to present the wine would be in a simple wine gift bag.
You'd think the two things go together, but it turns out that the state of New York prohibits wine stores from selling wine gift bags. A liquor store in the Rochester area has been fined $10,000 for selling the bags.
No one seems to understand what the law entails, but it’s clear the state will enforce it.
At liquor stores in NY you can buy wine, wine glasses, wine stoppers and corkscrews -- but state law says they can’t sell gift bags to put their wine in.
Now the state doesn't care if wine stores give wine gift bags away, but the moment they try to sell them, it constitutes -- according to the State Liquor Authority -- running a second business, worthy of a $10,000 fine.
In the meantime, it might not make sense to you, but you'll have to buy your wine in one place -- and your wine gift bags in another.
I wonder if that includes wineboxes too?