US: Liquor privatization could mean new markets for PA wineries
US: Liquor privatization could mean new markets for PA wineries
Feb 7, 2013 6
(Paindependen) - If Linda Jones McKee wants to sell a bottle of wine from Tamanend Winery at liquor stores in Maryland, she knows just what to do.
Call up a distributor, and make an appointment. Bring in some samples to find out what the distributor likes. If they’re interested, negotiate a price and shipment details, and that’s it.
“Six weeks after that, if they like your wine, you’re in business,” she said. “Even less than six weeks if they really want it.”
If the distributor doesn’t like it? It’s an open market.
“You go down the street to the next distributor,” Jones McKee said.
In Pennsylvania, that’s not that simple.
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