Speaking of wine...

I did not realize that there were still states where wine could not be sold in grocery stores. All of my wine buying days have been in Florida, Germany, D.C. and Virginia, where wine and grocery go together like soup and sandwich. Indeed, Suburban Orlando has only recently become the type of place where you would fine a wine boutique.

In today's New York Times, Marco Pasanella, an owner of a small wine shop in Manhattan, reacts to New York's decision to allow grocery stores to sell wine. I have to agree with him. Allow grocery stores to sell wine, but allow the wine boutiques to to sell food. (by the way, doesn't the fact that his name is Marco Pasanella make you want to buy a nice red from him?)