"Zeppo" > wrote in message
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> "George" > wrote in message
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>> Virginia Tadrzynski wrote:
>>> "Goomba" > wrote in message
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>>>> Has anyone ever used a mail order wine company to send gift wines to
>>>> friends or family for Christmas? Any recommendations on good companies
>>>> to deal with? Anything special I need to be aware of?
>>>>
>>>> I'm stumped as to what to send my step-mother for Christmas. If she
>>>> needed or wanted anything she'd just go get it. Christmas gifts are
>>>> TOUGH!! I know she enjoys her sherry and I often send her bottles of
>>>> Tio Pepe, but I wanted something more interesting, perhaps a "wine of
>>>> the month" type deal.
>>>>
>>>> All suggestions welcome
>>>> Goomba
>>>
>>> Do you live or does she live in a state where alcohol is regulated by
>>> the state? Here in PA you can get gift cards for the local state store
>>> or as it's called on the Main Line...the Wine and Spirits Shoppe.
>>> -ginny
>>
>> I thought they called all of them that to disguise they are government
>> stores? I did notice they disguise them further at a few places by
>> calling them premium wine boutiques and other cutsey names.
>
> Most people still call them the 'State Store'.
>
> A monopoly by any other name....
>
> Jon
NC used to call them the ABC Store (Alcoholic Beverage Control)...we always
called them Aunt Betty's Cookie Store, or Aunt Betty's for short.