The grapes of cash: Tennessee liquor stores feel squeezed by grocers' push to sell wine
The grapes of cash: Tennessee liquor stores feel squeezed by grocers' push to sell wine
Mar 13, 2011 6
If a grocery store owner sells a bottle of wine in Tennessee today, he or she could sit behind bars for 11 months and 29 days, get a $2,500 fine, or receive both penalties.
It's now a Class A misdemeanor. It has been against the law since Prohibition.
That would change if grocers get their way. For the last three years, they have pushed bills in Nashville that would allow them to sell wine -- not liquor -- in their stores.
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