Pennsylvania Tests Wine Bottle Vending Machines

Why wouldnt you just buy the wine while you are at the supermarket? Does it make a big clunk sound when it drops down into the tray? Does the white wine come chilled, with a free brown paper bag? How about a wine opener, and glass to go with it? Cigarettes with your wine too? How about a complete kit:
Wine, glass, cork opener, pack of ciggies, and a brown paper bag....all for just $29.95. Or how about a single serve box of wine with a sippie straw for the road on those HOT , Stressful days behind the wheel? Dumb Dumb Dumb, and Yes, the underage will be flocking to PA with their fake ID's to try this out. Dumb. I hope whomever came up with this goes bankrupt.

This is for Susan
The supermarkets in PA don't sell beer or wine.
I agree, the vending machine for wine seems stupid.
PA just needs to change the laws and allow beer and wine sales at the local supermarket.

Wow - who came up with this ingenious idea? A $1.00 convenience fee - how long will it be before the fee increases? Where is the transparency? This is not being called a tax - it's a convenience fee - what turnip truck do they think we fell off of? Give it over to the supermarkets and let them sell it like they do in other states. Wake up people it's another way to charge additional money. I suggest everyone call, e-mail or write their legislators and tell them they need to take another look at this and re-think the idea. We need to cause an uproar - they don't want to give up control of the selling.
Remember they work for us - the taxpayers - we don't work for them!
I personally will not support Pennsylvania in this effort. They wonder why people go to other states to purchase their beer, liquor and wine.

"Anyone in-the-know" knows that merlot is a junk wine that is just used as a filler for other cheap wines. They do not make a merlot that taste good. Thunderbird anyone?

Would these vending machines be functional according to state liquor laws? Like, if you can't buy a bottle of wine on Sundays or during early morning hours at a liquor store, can you get a bottle from one of these machines, or will they be locked down according to the state's laws? The only advantage I can see over actually selling booze like this is if you can get a bottle any time you want it.

Otherwise, please! I can see some half-witted, sleepy eyed state employee in Harrisburg looking at you through a cam and deciding if he/she will actually approve your transaction. And I hope it isn't a wine 911 when they pick up a newspaper and head for the can because your approval might take a while. You just know there will only be ONE attendant for the whole lot until the test is completed.

Once again I am overwhelmed by the logic that says we will ban sodas because they make you fat but it is ok to buy whine which only makes you drunk. Hello is there any intelligent life on this planet? Beam me up Scotty.

Laurie is correct. Pennsylvania is one of those states that does not allow private stores to sell liquor. If you want to buy liquor of any kind in PA, you have to buy it from the State of Pennsylvania. To find a state store, you look in the phone book under Pennsylvania State Government. They also have limited hours. There is a liquor store in Lambertville NJ, accross the river from New Hope PA. Sundays, the parking lot is jammed with PA license plates, because all the PA state stores are closed.

Every state has different liquor laws. I don't think there are any total dry states anymore, but there are small localities that still have prohibition!

i like the idea.. convienience.. espeically in places they dont have 24 hours stores like in rural areas. they should have bud pints lol

In Pennsylvania they already sell lottery tickets in vending machines.
Now wine.
What's next, hookers?
As you leave the state, try not to look back. You may well turn into a pillar of salt.