GOP Leaders Warn Against Wine-in-Supermarket Revival

The attempt to bring wine to grocery stores started in 2007. Photo Credit Wikimedia Commons

A deal on wine in supermarkets is still working its way through the state Senate, but the House has been silent since a narrow committee vote killed the bill two weeks ago.

While there have been calls for the panel to reconsider, House Majority Leader Gerald McCormick says it would be bad precedent.

“Every time somebody loses a close vote in a committee, they’re going to want to bring it back up if we start doing this,” he said.

McCormick says reconsidering a vote should only be done in “extenuating circumstances.” He says where wine could be sold is not one.

House Speaker Beth Harwell – who has been pushing for expanded wine sales – says proponents should come back next year.