Cheep Vino?

[lsanderson]

For god’s sake don’t tell Wisconsin. At WCCO-TV Esme Murphy says, “Since Total Wine stores entered the Twin Cities market with its four super stores, full out price wars have been underway. For years, national chains avoided Minnesota because of its restrictive liquor laws, including the ban on Sunday sales. Total Wine, however, decided Minnesota was too good a market to pass up. ‘Alcohol alone in Minnesota is a $3 billion industry,’ Professor David Vang of the University of St. Thomas said. Vang says Total Wine’s plunge into the Minnesota market has been a game changer. Jack Farrell, who has owned Haskell’s liquor stores for more than forty years, agrees.” Link