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Amazon.com: Earth's Biggest Wine Cellar?
theodp writes "Ever get carded by your FedEx guy? You will. Several writers at GeekWire had just unboxed, uncorked and polished off their first bottle of Amazon wine, only to have their buzz killed by the need to cover Steven Sinofsky's unexpected exit from Microsoft. With the caveat that per-order shipping charges will discourage those watching their pennies from ordering single bottles of inexpensive wine, GeekWire gave the overall Amazon wine buying experience a thumbs-up." Since Amazon-owned Woot's been selling wine for a while, it may be a stretch to call it new for Amazon, but their main site is known to many more people.
Seriously?!
Alcohol is a state run for profit monopoly here. Buy it from the state or not at all. They even have special state run stores here. Shipping alcohol can get you jail time.
... is there a story here? Or is this just an ad for something?
most of the time they just drop and run with out waiting for any one they are independent contractors payed per package.
You have to be 21 to buy alcohol. Why wouldn't you get carded?
I think it's more about revenue.
There's nothing more appealing to a politician that a revenue stream to buy votes - either with entitlements, subsidies (business or otherwise) or tax cuts.
"Ever get carded by your FedEx guy? You will."
And the company that will do it for you is AT&T.
How will the wine taste after spending time in the searing heat of a truck in a Texas summer?
I just checked. There are 12 states and DC that Amazon has on the "Ship To" list.
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Nevada has blackjack and hookers
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You can by beer, wine, hard liquor, even Everclear at private stores, including Walmart in many parts of Louisiana.
I really shouldn't have used someone else's email address for this account.
Minnesota allows you to do this. And we have winter and wolves. What could be more fun than wolf hunting in the snow?
You can buy anything ate any supermarket here. We even have beer tastings in the supermarkets. Yes, I live in a state and I have seen the same happening in other states.
The states I am talking about? Flanders, Bavaria among many others.
Don't fight for your country, if your country does not fight for you.
Wisconsin. We have cheese, too. And lakes, most notably one rather large one bordering the state to the east. And lots of forests, where you can drink, and shoot guns.
Minnesota allows you to do this. And we have winter and wolves. What could be more fun than wolf hunting in the snow?
Wolf hunting, in the snow, with your beer you purchased from a private store!
You can buy a margarita through a drive through in LA.
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In Michigan, you can buy just about everything from local grocers, liquor stores or even bars. Heck, there used to be an old drive-thru liquor store (before that, it was a car-wash). You could buy a cup with ice for $1.
As far as fun things to do... we got lots of outdoors, more lakeshore than any other state, hunt, fish, bike, oh, and drive places... since we do cars too.
New York. It has New York.
Minnesota allows you to do this. And we have winter and wolves. What could be more fun than wolf hunting in the snow?
Making the wolves write your name in the snow at gunpoint.
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A lot of the California wines are nothing to laugh at. You can get cheap swill to world-class and everything in-between.
"It is a denial of justice not to stretch out a helping hand to the fallen; that is the common right of humanity."
I live in RI, where the law is so vaguely written that most online liquor sellers won't ship there, but I managed to find a couple that will...my wine shipments from wtso.com are always sent FedEx, and I always have to sign for them. Since I'm never home to sign, I have them held for pickup at a Kinkos that's on the way home from work. Works great for me; I get wines I can't get locally, and feel like a boss for subverting the dumbass law.
Malbec.
Malbec is what goes with hamburgers.
Where liquor costs twice as much as it does 10 miles west, in Jersey.
Do people really worry what wine goes well with hamburgers?
Actually, yes.
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Name a state that doesn't have it set up this way. +1 if you manage to find a state that has things fun to do besides drink.
Washington abolished the state-run liquor monopoly during last year's election; you can buy any kind of alcohol at stores here, although they have to be larger than some arbitrary square footage. We also just legalized marijuana for recreational use.
Do I get my +1?
Nothing tastes like Chardonnay from plastic cup
Obviously, you've never tasted Chardonnay from a cardboard box.
That's a useful criticism, glad you took time to write. I'm sure your superiour vintages cannot be matched by our Texas swill, please continue to lambast from afar.
For those who could be convinced otherwise, meet me here and we can discuss some finer points.
Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon. -- Susan Ertz
In industrial/suburban/10-miles-west-of-the-action Jersey.
If you just want to get drunk cheaply, I suggest Louisiana. Even at a bar, you can put yourself onto another planet for less than $20. (Tropical Isle Hand Grenades, anyone?)
Utah is probably the worst in the US
ABV > 4.0+% sold in state-controlled stores only. State-controlled stores close on Sundays and cease operations no later than 10 p.m. the rest of the week. Restaurants must buy from the state-controlled store (no delivery) at retail prices. No alcohol may be served on Election Day until 8 p.m. No alcohol is served in restaurants without purchase of food. A ban on 4.0% or below beer available on tap was repealed in March 2009. Sales of kegs prohibited.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_alcohol_laws_of_the_United_States_by_state
Whole Foods in Virginia now have an actual bar inside the store. Helps with the sticker shock.
Which is the price I'm willing to pay to not be in Jersey.
What could be more fun than wolf hunting in the snow?
Almost anything, I would imagine, including sawing off your own legs with a rusty hacksaw.
To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it
And lots of forests, where you can drink, and shoot guns.
What could possibly go wrong?
To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it
Nothing tastes like Chardonnay from plastic cup
Obviously, you've never tasted Chardonnay from a cardboard box.
A cardboard box? We used to dream of drinking Chardonnay from a cardboard box. When I were young we drank our Chardonnay from a hole in the road. And we were grateful.
To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it