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Here is the good news we've all been waiting to hear: the State Legislature has approved a state budget that rejects wine in grocery stores! http://scr.bi/a5DZfi

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Have you purchased wine from Eagle Crest Vineyards? Thank William Ouweleen for standing up for small businesses! http://bit.ly/cVew3l

Assembly and Senate do reject the Executive proposal for selling wine in grocery stores. But the fight's not over until the Executive Budget is passed! Read more: http://bit.ly/bgCzYB

Nearly 44% of high school students are drinking alcohol. We must protect our teenagers and fight underage drinking by keeping wine out of thousands more outlets around the state! http://bit.ly/9Is4Q3

Summer is here along with the beer ... underage drinking is a summer plague Summer is a fun season and also the most dangerous time of the year for young people who drink underage.

Proposed law is a mangy wolf in sheep’s clothing: http://bit.ly/aWkFJ8

Proposed law is a mangy wolf in sheep’s clothing : Another Voice : The Buffalo News First let me say that allowing the sale of wine in grocery stores like Wegmans or Tops is a reasonable idea. Wine’s purpose is to accompany and enhance food, so it makes sense for it to be sold where food is sold. However, reading the current 12- page wine-in-grocery bill in the governor& #...

One more reason that wine in 19,000 new outlets would only increase underage drinking! http://bit.ly/94NCpa

Underage Post intern scores bar brews - NYPOST.com Not of age? Not a problem.

Did you support your local wine retailer this holiday weekend by purchasing wine from their store?

Tops and Wegmans claim the Governor's plan is not bad for small business! Why? If wine is sold in grocery stores they will stuff more money in their back pockets -- while small business owners put going out of business signs in their windows! http://bit.ly/9V8BD6

Tops and Wegmans join grape farmers in push for new law Local News

If you think supporters of Governor Paterson's flawed wine in grocery stores plan have got it wrong, read this: http://bit.ly/cMqeC3. Let's keep fighting misinformation with the facts! Send your response to this op-ed to the Buffalo News today!

Scott Osborn: Balanced proposal for supermarkets helps everyone : Another Voice : The Buffalo News With New York staring into the budget abyss and searching for creative ways to generate revenue, a vastly popular win-win proposal already exists, one that will raise critically needed revenue, create jobs and support small businesses: the sale of wine in grocery stores. The sale of wine in groc...

The Governor continues to ignore the independent voices of wine retailers and push his bad agenda. Are you tired of his phony plan that he refuses to put on the shelf? http://bit.ly/b2PzXA

Governor is still fighting for wine sales in grocery stores The governor has not given up the controversial fight to allow the sale of wine in grocery stores and generate an estimated $300 million in revenue for the state, according to Jessica Bassett, spokeswoman for Gov. ...

Have you told your wine retailer how much you appreciate their independently-owned business lately?

If you shop at Glendale Wine & Spirits in Binghamton, Seneca Wine & Liquor in Utica or Big Flats Wine & Spirits in Elmira give them a big THANKS for rallying against wine in 19,000 new outlets at their stores yesterday!