In Pennsylvania all wine and liquor sales are controlled by
state run stores. Now, one could argue that this makes them clearly “locally owned” but
only if one trusted the Commonwealth to be responsibly reinvesting that money
in our local economy. Big if.
Although most wine is only available at the state stores, you
can buy wine directly from the vintner in Pennsylvania and this seemed like a
logical solution to my local wine purchasing dilemma. Can’t get more local than
buying wine from the guy who grew the grapes and stomped them himself (more or
less). The only problem is that most of the PA wines that we’ve experienced are
clingingly sweet. If you like dessert wine, they’ve got you covered. Even most
“semi-dry” wines lean heavily towards syrup.
