drowning my sorrows

[rone]

The perfect accompaniment to this most excellent T-bone steak is this Summers Knights Valley 1998 Merlot Reserve. Full, a bit tannic, a bit peppery, currant in the nose, a bit acid in the finish. And you probably won't be able to find any.

Comments

[vspope.livejournal.com]

Wine? The concept confuses me. I live in Pennsylvania, where our antiquated liquor laws lock out 90% of what the rest of the world has to offer.

Hell, our Trader Joes can't even carry Two Buck Chuck (and, oddly, neither can Delaware's); I'd have to cross the river into Jersey to try it.

[opadit.livejournal.com]

There's a Trader Joe's in Delaware? Ah, yes, just where I'd expect it to be, on Concord Pike near Naamans Road (http://www.traderjoes.com/locations/map/636.asp). Must introduce my parents to civilization when I go visit them next weekend.

After living in Seattle for so long, when I think of Trader Joe's I think of the wine selection. How odd for them to have stores in areas where they can't sell wines and imported beers.

[vspope.livejournal.com]

It surprised me that the Delaware Trader Joe's didn't carry wine, as there are private beer-and-wine-and-liquor stores within a stone's throw of it. I'm guessing that the license was either prohibitively expensive for a store that wasn't dedicated exclusively to alcohol sales, or legally unobtainable for some reason.

In fact, I'm torqued at the beverage selection in Trader Joe's in general -- the local ones have never carried more than one flavor of Reed's Ginger Brew (and it's not the one I like), and they dropped all of their non-diet Hansen's Natural Sodas. Fine, MAKE me go to Wegman's!

[opadit.livejournal.com]

My understanding of the law in Delaware is that a store can sell only alcohol (plus sodas), but no food. I'm pretty sure I've seen bags of chips and packages of mixers, bitters, sours, etc.; but basically a liquor store is a liquor-only store. No alcohol other than cooking wine can be purchased anywhere else. Package stores are independently owned and operated (unlike in Washington State[1] and Pennsylvania[2], where the state runs them) and are prohibited from operating on Sundays[3]. My guess is that Trader Joe's would have to occupy a separate, unconnected space or building exclusively for liquor sales if they wanted to sell them in Delaware.

Blue laws are so funny.

[1] - In Washington, supermarkets sell beer and wine, but not liquor. The state stores sell beer, wine, and liquor.

[2] - Obviously you know the Pennsylvania rules. Ever been to the Foodery at 10th and Pine in Philly? They have a fantastic selection of imported beers and lambics 'n' stuff, and you don't have to buy a full case like at a distributor or bar.

[3] - Hence the popularity and prosperity of State Line Liquors down the road from the University of Delaware, in Elkton, Maryland, where liquor stores are open Sundays.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Sounds like someone needs a care package!

[vspope.livejournal.com]

Hell, I don't think that you're allowed to even MAIL wine to Pennsylvania without breaking the law.

(cue Beavis screaming "YEAH! YEAH! BREAKIN' THE LAW!")