Laurence, tyrannical as nannyism is, there’s a darker reason that NY State prohibits grocery stores from selling wine: It’s greedy as any corporation and doesn’t want competitors for the liquor outlets it manages, to all intents and purposes. “The state’s Liquor Authority primarily licenses manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers of alcoholic beverages in New York, and enforces the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law. It is the state’s third-largest moneymaker among state agencies, behind only the tax department and the Department of Motor Vehicles, according to the Law Revision Commission’s report, released Sept. 30. For fiscal 2008–2009, the authority generated $54,090,413 — $46,416,311 … Continue reading The ABCs of New York State’s Liquor Authority